Paige Talley (Meek)
Some of you may remember the Plaza Hotel (formerly Ramada Inn) at the NW corner of the intersection of Texas and University. The implosion of the hotel took place at 6:40ish this morning. Below is some history and pictures captured from video. I wasn't at the event, but live close by. I "saw" it "live" on the radio. There are lots of u-tubes if you want to view it going down in semi-live action. This link is to a nice slide show.
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/The_Plaza_is_Gone_153567845.html
Paige
The Plaza Hotel (formerly University Tower) is an abandoned hotel building in College Station, Texas, USA. The building contains 300 rooms and is 17 stories high. It is located at 410 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840.[1]
Originally constructed to be a Ramada Inn, it was turned into private dormitory/student housing for Texas A&M University. The building was acquired and turned into The Plaza Hotel in 2004. The building contained a swimming pool in the atrium, a lounge which overlooked the atrium and pool, a ballroom, a restaurant (Maxwell's, then Remington's), and a penthouse containing a fully equipped kitchen and bar area, dining room, exterior patio, three bedrooms and a master suite with bath and jacuzzi
The building and property is owned by Rossco Holdings, Inc. who filed a voluntary petition for reorganization underChapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas on August 2, 2010. Problems for the hotel began as early as 2008, when Brazos County health inspectors shut down the hotel's kitchen and when guests made complaints about mysterious activities. During the final months of the hotel being open, guests complained of a lack of hot water and air conditioning as well as purported hauntings (including that of Civil War General Jack T. Anderson).
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