Editing Lethal Weapon 3 (section)

===Demolition scenes===
In the film's first scene, Riggs accidentally sets off a bomb that destroys the ICSI Building. The ICSI Building was actually the former City Hall building of [[Orlando, Florida]], located at the intersection of Orange Avenue and South Street in [[Downtown Orlando]]. Warner Bros. decided to use the destruction of the building in the film, and as a result paid $500,000 for the demolition.<ref name=AFI>{{AFI film|59301}}</ref> From August to October 1991, the production crew fitted the old Orlando City Hall building featured in the opening scene with carefully placed explosives to create the visual effect of a bomb explosion. [[Bill Frederick]], then mayor of Orlando, Florida, was the policeman who sarcastically claps and said "Bravo!" to Murtaugh and Riggs after the explosion.

The building was demolished so that it would collapse slightly forward (toward Orange Avenue), minimizing the chances of it damaging the [[Orlando City Hall|new City Hall]] building, built directly behind it. The space was cleared out and became a plaza for the new City Hall, with a fountain and a monument.

The film's climax scene, where an under-construction housing development is set ablaze, was filmed at an unfinished housing development in [[Lancaster, California]]. The unfinished houses, which had been sitting abandoned and slated to be torn down, were coated in flame retardant and propane gas lines to ensure that the houses could withstand re-shoots.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-10-me-368-story.html |title=Tract May End in Blaze of Film Glory : Lancaster: The city is talking to filmmakers who may want to burn down an abandoned development as part of 'Lethal Weapon III.' |author=John Chandler |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1991-12-10 |access-date=2016-07-30}}</ref> The original homes were eventually demolished and was eventually redeveloped into another housing development.

During the closing credits, Riggs and Murtaugh drive up to an old hotel where another bomb has been placed. Before they (their doubles) can exit the car, the bomb explodes and destroys the building. The hotel was actually the former Soreno Hotel in downtown [[St. Petersburg, Florida]].<ref name=TBTimes>{{cite news |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/talk/content/history-implosions-tampa-bay |title=A history of implosions in Tampa Bay |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |date=2012-02-27 |access-date=2016-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223211158/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/talk/content/history-implosions-tampa-bay |archive-date=2016-02-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film's producers agreed to help with the cost of the 68-year-old building's implosion for the purposes of their film.<ref name=TBTimes/>