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Jay Senter
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In early morning implosion, former CenturyLink tower falls into pile of rubble

Photo courtesy city of Overland Park.

Assuming you were still under the covers this morning at 5 a.m., you missed the rare sight of a 10-story building being blown to smithereens.

Crews overseen by Overland Park-based engineering firm Burns & McDonnell this morning set off a series of charges that brought down the CenturyLink tower at I-435 and Nall. Here’s a look at the implosion from video taken by the Overland Park Fire Marshal:

Van Trust Real Estate has plans to put a modern office park on the site.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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