Three buildings in Downtown Brooklyn, at 8-16 Nevins Street, are being knocked down to make way for a new 28-story tower. The demolition is quite far along, as is apparent from these photos taken on ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a photo of the demolition that began on Nov. 29, 2024. Originally built for Bremerton’s local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and more ...

An engineering professor used to tell our class, "Everything eventually fails. The question is, when?" So what happens with a mammoth building? What's the intended life span of, say, the Willis Tower?

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