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Watch 11-Sto­ry Build­ing Implo­sion on Gov­er­nors Island in your Pajamas

This YouTube stream is dark now, but start­ing at 7:20 am on Sun­day, June 9, you will be able to view the implo­sion of Build­ing 877 on Gov­er­nors Island. The implo­sion is sched­uled for 7:36 AM — don’t miss it! You can also view it from points around the har­bor!
 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/user/mayorbloomberg?v=A3qWP9Icez0] The implo­sion of Build­ing 877, the tallest non-his­toric build­ing on Gov­er­nors Island will open up extra­or­di­nary views of the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty and cre­ate space for 30 acres of  new parks and pub­lic spaces.