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Built in 1925, the Sears Catalogue Warehouse was a 1.1 million square foot mail order facility that was the catalog distribution center for the entire Midwest region. The first Sears Wishbook came out in 1933 and was 87 pages, 25 of which were dedicated to toys and 62 pages of gifts for adults. By 1968 when the Wishbook was officially designated as the Christmas Book Catalog, it had swelled to 605 pages with roughly a third of that, some 200 pages, dedicated to toys.
On June 1, 1997, at 7 AM, Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Baltimore, Maryland, used roughly 2,700 lb of explosives loaded in over 2,900 holes to bring the warehouse down.
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Copyright 1997
Controlled Demolition, Inc. &
Loizeaux Group of Companies
Built in 1925, the Sears Catalogue Warehouse was a 1.1 million square foot mail order facility that was the catalog distribution center for the entire Midwest region. The first Sears Wishbook came out in 1933 and was 87 pages, 25 of which were dedicated to toys and 62 pages of gifts for adults. By 1968 when the Wishbook was officially designated as the Christmas Book Catalog, it had swelled to 605 pages with roughly a third of that, some 200 pages, dedicated to toys.
On June 1, 1997, at 7 AM, Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Baltimore, Maryland, used roughly 2,700 lb of explosives loaded in over 2,900 holes to bring the warehouse down.
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#demolition
#tbt
#thursday
Copyright 1997
Controlled Demolition, Inc. &
Loizeaux Group of Companies
