Man who helped build Capital Plaza Tower anxious to see it destroyed

One man who helped build Frankfort's Capital Plaza Tower is sharing his thoughts on the building's construction and imminent implosion.

Alvin Wright has spent all his life in Frankfort, and he shared memories about helping with the construction of the Capital Plaza Tower.

"I worked with a lot of good people on there," Wright said, "It was a lot of cool days on that building and a lot of hot days."

Wright says he left his factory job to join the construction of the Capital Plaza Tower.

"I started on the ground level and I worked all the way through until they got done with it," Wright explained.

Wright worked on the building from its initial stage until it reached its height of 338 feet. He says workers had to be careful on windy days. Wright says he is not sad to see the tower go, but he is actually anxious to see the tower he had a hand in constructing reduced to rubble,

"It doesn't take away anything. I mean if the building has served its purpose and got a problem the right things being done, but I'm kind of antsy about seeing it when it becomes imploded."

WKYT will air a one-hour special on the CW Lexington 1 p.m. Sunday.