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Why Don't Movies Ever Blow Up the Bay Bridge?

A history of destroying national landmarks on film.

By |Updated Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at 7:01 AM ET

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Click here for a video slide show on the history of destroying landmarks in movies.

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Keith Phipps writes about movies for and edits the A.V. Club. He's also one of the editors and authors of Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists.