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The Fresno Bee Sunday October 311 1993 D5 1111 PERMITS Dunes blast is a blast for spectators 13 Controlled Irnplosion levels landmark to pave the way for new resorts The following building permits for new construction or significant alterations valued at $50000 or more were logged with Fresno City or Fresno County or Clovis recently Building permits are not an accurate reflection of the market price of the structures which is affected by location and economic conditions such as interest rates Permits need not include the value of the land on which a structure is built and frequently do not reflect the addition of amenities such as wallpaper and draperies that are important factors in the sale price Entries in order are the address owner proposed use and permit vEduation 1 i 4 )IlliPq 4 i Yfq Pfitt fr: 44 1' 144:1 '''''1 el 4' Or 1 Iv k't ft 1 P'L t1hr '''''p' ve- :5:11 ve 'P1i''''Ire': AN 0(1 ''Op'' '1i 'VIVA I -n6 4 1 's 'y '5- ''i '''-Y 4 '01 4 :4 i -N -06 6 1 Nit0 4L 0' i 1 trI' IN' 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River Park State Comp Ins Fund office alteration 62000000 2507 Lake Van Ness Wilson Devel single-family home 6187890 110 Peace River Danny Kwok single-tinnily home 1066 Nelson Homes inide-femili home 677000 1038 Jolson Nehon Homes home 657000 163 1111 Ranh) Baking Co of Fresno warehouse Muir $100000 5562 Willis UB Homes sin146n home $66000 5542 Willis US Homes singletamily home 6124000 3845 Floradorat International Investments eingle-family home $79000 3825 Ploradora International Investments single-family home 8790001 3835 Floradora International Investments single-family home $79000 1410 Eighth International Investments single-family home $79000 2637 Lake Van Ness Der ram Mini Storage single-family home 6300000 Prelim city 4268 Freon Wills Enterprises building reptur 675000 7296 Antioch Hamel Homes single-finnily home $185000 7454 Antioch Hamel Homes single-family home 6149000 7320 Antioch Hamel Homes single-family home $185000 8384 Shaw Spencer Partners building alteration 202000 5227 Hedges Olive Branch Estates single-emilly home 673978 52 Hedges Olive Branch Estates single-family home $73978 Associated Press PAemorles Allen Verne a 28-year employee of the Dunes Hotel In Las Vegas takes photos of the rubble By Robert Macy Associated Press LAS VEGAS Firefighters have doused the hot spots in a giant pile of rubble that was on the Dunes Hotel a faded star of the Las Vegas Strip that performed a fantastic finale late last week 'We took a negative event destroying a building with special memories and turned it into a positive Mark 'Amu president of Maryland-based Controlled Demolition Inc said Thursday as he walked acrces the grounds of the famed resort 'It was a glorious ending for the ProPertY His company reduced the 23- story Dunes tower to a 30-foottall pile of rubble Wednesday night with a fiery implosion that drew an estimated 200000 spectators "Everything went am as planned" said Loireaux whose company has done similar spec-tacks for movies such as "Lethal Weapon 1111' and 'Demolition Man" Awesome sight "We're like the traveling executioner" Loiseaux added "We go around carrying out what others want torn 'down Unfortunately in most cases they are buildings that have special meaning to a lot of people" Such was the case with the Dunes considered one of this city's most elegant resorts when it was built in 1955 A 23-story tower built a decade later mune crashing down Wednesday night in a fiery 30-second spectacle that left viewers awestruck Hundreds of invited gnats were in a special stand in a parking lot across the Strip The crowd which included some of this gaming capital's longtime leaders were in a party mood as they donned ponchos and protective glasses and masks prior to the blast But they fell silent as flames erupt The implosion filmed for an hourlong NBC-TV movie scheduled to air in January was preceded by a six-minute $1 million fireworks show "This is not an execution this is a phoenix rising" Steve Wynn thairman of Mirage Remits Me Refinance Now 0 POINT LOANS MAHAR 80 Cash Out 0 Quick Qualifiers Quick Closing New resorts Mirage Resorts bought the bankrupt property last year closing the hotel in January The company plans to build a megaresort on the 164-acre site "This is not an execution this is a phoenix rising" Wynn said of the Dunes' fiery demise Tuesday nifht the company opened its third Las Vegas resort the $450 nullion Treasure Island which features a $32 million simulated battle between pirates and Bsh sailors hourly that ends with thi sinking of the British ship Luxor a 25213-room $375 million pyramid-ehaped resort opened just blocks down the Strip on Oct 15 Luxtz's parent circus circus Enterprises Inc also opened a $90 million water theme park in August were provided them Bally' :1 hotel-casino was in smoke and dust and many guests complained of breathing Madties according to spokeswoman Bobbi Katz Steve Wynn chairman of Mirage Resorta Inc warned those who dogged the Strip that the show would be awesome If you're faint-hearted step back and go away" he said over a loud speaker 'This will be very startling The closed reiort's 180-foot tall marquee bled crazily at a 45-degree angle as huge explosions shook the high-rise sending a wall of flame spewing upward from the fourth floor and over the top of the building ed on the 18-stoxy Dunes sign then rla the front of the local a The spectacular blaze was fed by 450 gallons of aviation fuel strategically placed throughout the structure After a series of thundering explosions the building folded downward like an accordion the work of 865 pounds of dynamite placed in 428 holes drilled in the tower's support structure The aging high-rise seemed to suspend in air for a few seconds before the implosion brought it down in a cloud of smoke and dust that obliterated bright marquees on the Strip and sent guests and hundreds of media scrambling for face masks that 30525 First Deed of Trust AAR calculatedon 203150v Conforming Loan Rate fixed 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