A view of the implosion of an 11-story tower at 2828 North Haskell Avenue in Dallas on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.
A Dallas man has started a Change.org petition to save the unintentional landmark, "The Leaning Tower of Dallas."
The angled remnant concrete core of the 11-story tower, which is the result of a failed implosion on Sunday morning, has fast become a spot popular with locals and tourists alike with dozens of people, if not more, taking photos from a distance that give the impression they are either holding the building up or kicking it over.
The framing of the photo is one made popular decades ago by people visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy. We've even collected a number of those photographs and placed them in a gallery below.
Taylor Slovak
Taylor Slovak, Parker Newman age 4
Taylor Slovak
Taylor Slovak, Parker Newman age 4
Taylor Slovak
Taylor Slovak
Taylor Slovak
Parker Newman age 4
Taylor Slovak
Parker Newman age 4
Parker Newman age 4
Nancy Infante
Leaning Tower of Dallas
Larry Green
Safe way to bring down leaning tower of Dallas
Crystella McIvor
Had So Much Fun With The Family & Seeing So Many Peeps Enjoying The Unique & Memorable Moment In Dallas History. #buildingrefusestofall #dallasstrong #famous #infamous
Crystella McIvor
Had So Much Fun With The Family & Seeing So Many Peeps Enjoying The Unique & Memorable Moment In Dallas History. #buildingrefusestofall #dallasstrong #famous #infamous
Crystella McIvor
Had So Much Fun With The Family & Seeing So Many Peeps Enjoying The Unique & Memorable Moment In Dallas History. #buildingrefusestofall #dallasstrong #famous #infamous
Crystella McIvor
Had So Much Fun With The Family & Seeing So Many Peeps Enjoying The Unique & Memorable Moment In Dallas History. #buildingrefusestofall #dallasstrong #famous #infamous
Crystella McIvor
Had So Much Fun With The Family & Seeing So Many Peeps Enjoying The Unique & Memorable Moment In Dallas History. #buildingrefusestofall #dallasstrong #famous #infamous
Crystella McIvor
Had So Much Fun With The Family & Seeing So Many Peeps Enjoying The Unique & Memorable Moment In Dallas History. #buildingrefusestofall #dallasstrong #famous #infamous
Crystella McIvor
Had So Much Fun With The Family & Seeing So Many Peeps Enjoying The Unique & Memorable Moment In Dallas History. #buildingrefusestofall #dallasstrong #famous #infamous
Daniel Murie
Man painting leaning tower of Dallas
Miss Diaz
Kristin Diaz and David Rancken at the Leaning Tower of Dallas.
Greg Austin
If I could just take it down!
Laura Pacheco
We were trying to have it appear as if Trudy’s nose is touching the building, but very difficult with dogs to do this. They are collies, so they have the long noses, which we thought would be funny in theory. Much harder to accomplish!
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Laura Pacheco
We were trying to have it appear as if Toby’s nose is touching the building, but very difficult with dogs to do this. They are collies, so they have the long noses, which we thought would be funny in theory. Much harder to accomplish!
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Leigh Ann Adam
Leigh Ann And Jeremy from star 102.1 “Leaning Tower of Pizza”.
Deborah Moon
My daughter, Melissa Marcelloni doing her part.
Deborah Moon
My daughter, Melissa Marcelloni doing her part. The other people are too. At a different angle. Thought you would like both.
Meredith
I came in like a wrecking ball. 😉
sherry sutphen
Leaning Tower of Dallas
Soraya Colli
Leaning Tower of Dallas!
Soraya Colli
Leaning Tower of Dallas!
Dianne Wordlaw
In the rain trying to sit this building up straight well it’s our leaning toward in Dallas
David Stapleton
My photo from leaning tower Dallas.
Maria M.
Maria trying to hold it up.
Maria M.
My son Danny trying to hold it up.
Luis V
Leaning Tower of Dallas pic
Luis V
Leaning Tower of Dallas pic
Jason & Jenn Baskett
Halley, age 7, was excited to get a chance to see Dallas’ own Leaning Tower after hearing about the implosion gone wrong on the radio and the news. Who needs a trip to Italy when you can take a family day in the big city?!?
JD Clayton
Friday night has brought out many people to see the tower as crowds of people are seen taking photos at sunset
@SandyKulkarnee via Twitter
Finally made it to this iconic #leaningtowerofdallas, man-made #wonder in #Dallas captured in my hands before this #landmark vanishes!
Andrew Lloret
Leaning tower pic
Amber Albanese
Leaning tower of Dallas
Amber Albanese
Leaning tower of Dallas
@duran037 via Twitter
#leaningtowerofdallas Antonio visiting Dallas’s own leaning tower!!
@erinbiry on Twitter
Limited Time Only!
#leaningtowerofdallas
@600camp on Twitter
David Coale @600camp
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#leaningtowerofdallas #appellatetwitter #appellateplaces
Will Maddox via Twitter
Big things happen here! #tourism #leaningtowerofdallas
Benjamin Bratcher via Sandra Velázquez
Whenever a new landmark is established right next to your home, you have to take a picture with it! Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Leaning Tower of Dallas! #LeaningTowerOfDallas #DallasLandmark
@leonvansam via Instagram
Visited the Leaning Tower of Dallas yesterday! #puppylove #leaningtowerofdallas
@KdSuddock via Twitter
@NBCDFW my BF took this photo of me and the #leaningtowerofdallas shortly after the implosion #fail
Sally McMullin
This morning on my way to physical therapy I decided to go capture a good pic of this building. Well someone from @nbcdfw was there & captured this.
Kelley Breeding
Fawaz S. Anwar
Only in Dallas #leaningtowerofdallas
Russ Hearn
@vjuko checking out the newest tourist attraction here – The #leaningtowerofdallas
Kristina L. Humenesky
Choctaw Casino & Resort made a fun parody on the leaning tower of Dallas tonight.
As of this writing, at least 588 people agree with Jimbob and hope to have the slanted structure somehow saved.
The building, the former Affiliated Computer Services tower, was being removed so that the land surrounding it could be redeveloped into The Central, a 27-acre mixed-use project with space for offices and residences, as well as food, beverage and other services.
The company behind the demolition said it would use a crane and wrecking ball later this week as a way to remove what's left. On Wednesday, the company said it had not yet secured a wrecking ball.
