Japanese Offer Primer in ‘Stealth Demolition’

Tuesday, 18 June 2013 | by Pat's Picks

The New York Times has a very interesting story about a new way to demolish a building. The Japanese have perfected a technique called “stealth demolition” which involves the building in question being slowly jacked down instead of spectacularly blown up and knocked down. The method allows buildings to appear intact but as though they are shrinking until one day poof—they’re gone.

SOURCE: New York Times