THE Q ROCKS » smokestack http://klaq.com Sat, 25 May 2013 15:47:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 PHOTOS: Suggestions for Repurposing the Asarco Smokestack http://klaq.com/photos-suggestions-for-repurposing-the-asarco-smokestack/ http://klaq.com/photos-suggestions-for-repurposing-the-asarco-smokestack/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:56:11 +0000 Buzz Adams http://klaq.com/?p=140572 It is being widely reported that an El Paso landmark, the Asarco Smokestack, at one time the world's tallest, will be demolished.

I, for one, would like to see it brought up to code and remain as one of our city's most impressive erections.

But the City government has taken a pass on it and Border Patrol doesn't seem to take seriously my idea of making it a sniper nest.

If the smokestack is to remain, a practical purpose will need to be found. Fortunately, I have a few ideas...

]]> http://klaq.com/photos-suggestions-for-repurposing-the-asarco-smokestack/feed/ 0 El Paso Times: Smaller ASARCO Smokestack Comes Down [VIDEO] http://klaq.com/el-paso-times-smaller-asarco-smokestack-comes-down-video/ http://klaq.com/el-paso-times-smaller-asarco-smokestack-comes-down-video/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:38:48 +0000 Duke Keith http://klaq.com/?p=24083 Breathe easier, El Paso. They're cleaning it up, piece-by-piece, and if they're on schedule, early next year the ASARCO smokestack that has been a part of the El Paso skyline for over 100 years will come tumbling down

]]> http://klaq.com/el-paso-times-smaller-asarco-smokestack-comes-down-video/feed/ 0 Courtesy: Victor Calzada/El Paso Times