The Grand Palace Hotel was a 17-story building located in the Mid City area of New Orleans, Louisiana. The building became known worldwide for its implosion on 22 July 2012. Designed by William Nowland Van Powell and Henry Ehrensing as the Claiborne Towers apartment building, construction started in April 1950 at a cost of $10 million. The buildin…
The Grand Palace Hotel was a 17-story building located in the Mid City area of New Orleans, Louisiana. The building became known worldwide for its implosion on 22 July 2012. Designed by William Nowland Van Powell and Henry Ehrensing as the Claiborne Towers apartment building, construction started in April 1950 at a cost of $10 million. The building was the largest apartment complex in the city upon opening in 1951, containing 1,036 air-conditioned apartments, and was built on land leased from Tulane University by the developer Paul Kapelow.
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