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THIS HAPPENED.A 178 FOOT HIGH WATER TOWER CAME DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT IS NOW LEGACY WEST.
THESE IMAGES WERE CAPTURED ON LIVE TELEVISION ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND EVEN OVERSEAS.
ONE DECADE LATER, THE TOWER DEMOLITION REMAINS OUR MOST WATCHED YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH MORE THAN 8.9 MILLION VIEWS.
THE TOWER WAS BUILT IN 1985 TO SERVE JC PENNEY AND OTHER CORPORATE GIANTS IN LEGACY, AND ONCE HELD 2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER LEGACY WEST.
A POPULAR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT NOW THRIVES WHERE THE WATER TOWER ONCE STOOD.
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU SEE A WATER TOWER FALLING.
IT CAPTURED IMAGINATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
THE CITY STILL HEARS FROM MOMS AND DADS WHO SHARE THEIR CHILD'S LOVE OF OUR WATER TOWERS.
SOME CHILDREN HAVE PLANO WATER TOWER BIRTHDAY PARTIES.
OTHERS DRESS UP AS A PLANO WATER TOWER FOR HALLOWEEN AND RECREATE THE WATER TOWER.
DEMOLITION JUST LIKE YOUNG JACK HERE, THE CITY NURTURED THIS LOVE FOR OUR WATER TOWERS BY GIVING YOUNGSTERS A TOUR OF THE TOWERS, ALONG WITH A GIFT OF A FUTURE WATER TOWER WORKER T-SHIRT.
IF YOU WITNESS THE EVENT BACK IN 2015, NO DOUBT IF YOU'RE LIKE US, YOU HAVE A LIFELONG MEMORY OF SOMETHING YOU LIKELY WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN.
HERE'S TO 10 YEARS SINCE IT CAME CRASHING DOWN WITH A MIGHTY THUD.