That early-morning rumble many city residents awoke to early Sunday morning wasn’t an earthquake — it was the sound of a controlled implosion targeting a shuttered coal-fired power plant in the South End. Around 4 a.m., officials set off a series of charges that destroyed a large portion of the power plant. While much of the plant was detonated Sunday morning, the plant’s three distinctive smoke stacks — considered a local landmark by some — will remain in place until they, too, are torn down next year. Bridgeport Station Development, a New York-based LLC, purchased the property in 2023 for future redevelopment. Those plans are still being finalized but are expected to focus on housing. The state provided $22.5 million to help pay to tear the old plant down. Its three smokestacks, including the 500-foot red-and-white striped tower that is considered a Bridgeport landmark, are supposed to be demolished next spring. Some are trying to save the “candy cane” but so far Bridgeport Station Development is sticking with its plan to raze it.

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