The 32-year-old water tower behind the is standing no longer. On Thursday, Fairfax County contractors spent seven hours on the structure by cutting the center column with a blow torch and pulling out two supporting legs with a bulldozer.

The 250,000 gallon Water Tank WT-20 was deemed dangerous by the county in a September 2011 report from the Fairfax County Risk Management Division. "The potential for a catastrophic failure is real," the report reads. "It represents a clear hazard in an area which is currently in active use by construction personnel and will eventually be open to the public."