{"id":2047,"date":"2015-05-01T23:18:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T03:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2015-05-01T23:18:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T03:18:02","slug":"out-with-a-bang-watch-the-demolition-of-the-statesman-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/out-with-a-bang-watch-the-demolition-of-the-statesman-towers\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with a Bang: Watch the Demolition of the Statesman Towers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, friends started mentioning that they were taking their\u00a0kids to see the\u00a0demolition of the Statesman Towers at ISU. What a genius idea!\u00a0Kids love construction sites! So last week I decided it was time to take my girls.<\/p>\n

And guess what? It was both way cooler and way more sad\u00a0than I expected.<\/p>\n

\"Demolition<\/p>\n

Let me explain. On one hand, I\u00a0thought it was awesome<\/em>. I’m not sure how I expected\u00a0the buildings to\u00a0come down, but the crash of the wrecking ball was incredibly\u00a0cool to see and hear.<\/p>\n

The sadness\u00a0came from my two-year-old. My toddler was so\u00a0<\/em>worried about the building. “Why it broken? Why they breaking it? Are there people<\/em> in there?!”<\/p>\n

\"Watching<\/p>\n

There were tears, my friends, real tears. (Ironically, these tears were\u00a0from the child we sometimes refer to–with much affection– as “the destroyer” since she’s still in the phase where she loves to tear things apart.) Even so, she just couldn’t understand why the building had to be torn down.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I feel her pain. The buildings don’t look like they’re ready to be destroyed. Intellectually, I understand that the buildings weren’t an efficient use of space or energy, but I can empathize with my daughter as she laments the destruction of something\u00a0that doesn’t look like it’s outlived its usefulness.<\/p>\n

\"Indiana<\/p>\n

My four-year-old was much more excited. She was surprised by the wrecking ball (it was neither as big or as ball-like as she expected!) and the water that was being sprayed all over the demolition site (presumably to control the dust).<\/p>\n

\"When<\/p>\n

She was also interested to hear about the peregrine falcons that used to live on the towers<\/a>. Did you know these falcons are\u00a0the fastest member of the animal kingdom? And we have a pair that nests\u00a0right here in good old Terre Haute!<\/p>\n

I’ve been looking for an update from ISU<\/a> about whether or not the birds\u00a0have laid their eggs in their new location. If anyone hears an update, let me know!<\/p>\n

While we wait on news of the falcons, I do recommend stopping by and watching\u00a0the crane and wrecking ball. (We liked the view from the track on the east side of the building and the recreation field to the north.)<\/p>\n

Each building should take about two months to come down (demolition started in April), so you have some time before the action ends!<\/p>\n

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A few weeks ago, friends started mentioning that they were taking their\u00a0kids to see the\u00a0demolition of the Statesman Towers at ISU. What a genius idea!\u00a0Kids love construction sites! So last week I decided it was time to take my girls. And guess what? It was both way cooler and way more sad\u00a0than I expected. Let […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}