MACON, Ga. (AP) — One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to implode a vacant 16-story hotel at midnight ...
From a general of the Union Army setting its headquarters there during the Civil War to owners of the establishment forced to demolish the historic site, the Lanier House was steeped in history.
Middle Georgia's old Macon Hilton hotel, which opened in 1970 and has sat vacant for more than a decade, will be demolished in a dynamite implosion set for New Year's Day.
The old Ramada hotel in downtown Macon met its end in a cloud of dust and debris on New Year’s Day. The hotel has been a fixture in the Macon skyline, but has perpetually struggled to stay booked.