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Top 5 Places in NYC to Watch Sun­day’s High-rise Implo­sion — Where Will YOU Be?

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In order of AWE­SOME, here are our top five picks for places to watch us implode a derelict 11-sto­ry high-rise build­ing on Gov­er­nors Island to make way for the Island’s next chap­ters. We re sure there are more! If you can see 877 now, you can see the implo­sion on Sun­day. Where will YOU be watch­ing from?

The implo­sion will hap­pen at 7:36 am on Sun­day, June 9. If you’re not so much an ear­ly bird, you can view it live in your p.j.‘s on on this blog or direct­ly on YouTube.

TOP 5 PLACES TO VIEW THE IMPLOSION

5) The foot of Pio­neer Street, Red Hook, Brook­lyn
4) Brook­lyn Bridge Pedes­tri­an and Bike Path, Brook­lyn Heights, Brook­lyn
3) Lib­er­ty State Park, Jer­sey City, New Jer­sey
2) Bat­tery Park Prom­e­nade, Low­er Man­hat­tan
1) 7:30 AM Stat­en Island-bound Stat­en Island Ferry