One of the better demo videos I have watched. Lots of large scale destruction going on instead of nibbling bits and pieces. I suspect they were under a time deadline and the operator was told to get-r-done asap.
It was leaking even in the 90s, as I recall. My understanding is that the school was originally built with an open floorplan (some 70s era hippie commune crap) and was later modified. The school wasn't really designed to operate the way it had been for so long and is really a testament to whoever designed the building that it served as well as it did all this time.
@lizzie mcguire There the fluorescent lights you see in suspended ceilings in almost every commercial building. In the video you can see a bunch dangling from the trusses at 16:02. He can’t even shake them off. www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=18683&fullsize=1
@@Ronnocbot The hallways had these weird square shaped fluorescents with tubes that were diagonal in the fixture. Classrooms had regular drop ceilings as I recall.
Jason from Maryland here What a shame. All my memories gone. If Germantown wasn't so overpopulated this never would have happened. Been here my whole life, 41, when Waters Landing was in the first stages, the Original Cracked-Claw, Germantown Commons had the Hardee's, no EYE-SORE Topgolf...yeeaup..now it's just a small stupid mini Metropolis instead of the small town it once was, shame..
I graduated from this same school and probably went to school with you. I too remember when Germantown had about 30K people. My friends at SV worked at Philips farm after school. We would ride our bicycles there and if Gene saw you, she'd put you to work and send you home with a bag of peaches and corn.
I've adjusted some settings that should get rid of the "mid-roll" ads that interrupt a video in the middle. Let me know if there are problems with other types of ads. Thanks.
@@JohnZWetmore I'm curious what interior work was done? Asbestos abatement? The walls in this school were all temporary walls that were added years after original construction because the school was originally designed with an open floorplan.
One of the better demo videos I have watched. Lots of large scale destruction going on instead of nibbling bits and pieces. I suspect they were under a time deadline and the operator was told to get-r-done asap.
They worked until sunset, rather than quitting at 3, so I suspect you are right.
That roof is in terrible condition. They must have been letting it go for years knowing the school was going to be replaced.
It was leaking even in the 90s, as I recall. My understanding is that the school was originally built with an open floorplan (some 70s era hippie commune crap) and was later modified. The school wasn't really designed to operate the way it had been for so long and is really a testament to whoever designed the building that it served as well as it did all this time.
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Its crazy how well those troffer lights are anchored to the support trusses.
@lizzie mcguire There the fluorescent lights you see in suspended ceilings in almost every commercial building. In the video you can see a bunch dangling from the trusses at 16:02. He can’t even shake them off.
www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=18683&fullsize=1
@@Ronnocbot The hallways had these weird square shaped fluorescents with tubes that were diagonal in the fixture. Classrooms had regular drop ceilings as I recall.
Like this one out of the 3, more destruction. Keep up the good work John. Keep the vids coming.
Thanks. Some days they spend a lot of time sorting out bits of scrap metal, and other days they go full bore on taking it down.
Jason from Maryland here
What a shame. All my memories gone. If Germantown wasn't so overpopulated this never would have happened. Been here my whole life, 41, when Waters Landing was in the first stages, the Original Cracked-Claw, Germantown Commons had the Hardee's, no EYE-SORE Topgolf...yeeaup..now it's just a small stupid mini Metropolis instead of the small town it once was, shame..
I graduated from this same school and probably went to school with you. I too remember when Germantown had about 30K people. My friends at SV worked at Philips farm after school. We would ride our bicycles there and if Gene saw you, she'd put you to work and send you home with a bag of peaches and corn.
@@equid0x
What year class do you graduate?
@@jeepersdelight 2000
@@equid0x
I'm '97
Alot of memories thrown in the garbage.
The demolition part would be fun , But now the sorting of the recyclables, that would be irritating :-)
I edit out most of the sorting. Typically they spend more time sorting and handling the rubble than they do creating it.
A real master of his profession!
You need some metal dumpsters so you can get it out of the way as it comes out
Goodby old Seneca Valley HS!
At the beginning who else was waiting for Cleveland Brown in the bathtub to say no no no
John, could you please curtail all the adds that pop up every few minutes ? They ruin your videos.
I've adjusted some settings that should get rid of the "mid-roll" ads that interrupt a video in the middle. Let me know if there are problems with other types of ads. Thanks.
How many days did it take to do this job?
The main part of the demolition took about 3 weeks, not counting interior work beforehand or removing the foundation afterwards.
@@JohnZWetmore I'm curious what interior work was done? Asbestos abatement? The walls in this school were all temporary walls that were added years after original construction because the school was originally designed with an open floorplan.
Now heres an operator ! Not afraid to use the equipment and get shit done instead of that one crumb at a time b.s.
Sure was a lot of scrap metal in this building.
Just for fun they should put raptor sounds coming from that machine when it tears into the buildings it can sound like dinosaurs fighting !!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁