New York Warehouse Set for Implosion

A concrete warehouse known as the Fay Street Warehouse in Utica, NY is coming down.

On Sunday Feb. 9, between 7 and 8:30 a.m. one lucky individual might get to push the button, setting off a controlled implosion.

The city and the state are trying to set up a lottery where residents can pay for a chance to push the button and implode tons of concrete and steel.

If the lottery gets set up in time, the proceeds will go toward the city’s Youth Bureau.

Since late fall, the department has been performing asbestos abatement on the building and gaping holes have appeared where concrete has been removed.

According to the NYSDOT, the demolition has been deemed necessary as part of the $65 million reconstruction project on the North-South Arterial, the largest DOT project in the Mohawk Valley.

Peak Environmental LLC is doing the demolition.