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In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings.
Five skyscrapers with red light in foreground.
The New England Telephone building rising behind the Post Office Square garage on Milk Street.
Full frame, close up aerial view of the center of downtown St. Louis, Missouri and its building facades creating a wonderful urban background that has no obvious identifiable structures making for generic use.
Archival 1985 black and white editorial view of Banning Street near Santa Fe Ave in downtown LA.  Shot on film.  Brick warehouses have been torn down.
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A . - June 11, 1990: Looking towards the Colorado State Capitol building, people walk the downtown 16th Street Mall sidewalk lined with skyscrapers, shops and businesses as busses roll by.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1978. Street scene on a wide main street with pedestrians, shops, advertising signs and buildings in Minneapolis.
Image show dame to property, cars and freeways as the earthquake destroyed Northridge\n\nAt 4:30 am, on January 17, 1994, residents of the greater Los Angeles area were rudely awakened by the strong shaking of the Northridge earthquake. This was the first earthquake to strike directly under an urban area of the United States since the 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
Construction of Tokyo Metro Chiyoda line omote-Sando
Digitally generated (without the use of any A.I. tools or technologies) futuristic cityscape with towering Art Deco skyscrapers and flying airships, evoking a sense of advanced technology and urban innovation. The monochrome palette adds a timeless feel, blending retro-futurism with modern architecture. This captivating scene suggests themes of progress, imagination, and the potential of future urban life. The retro-futuristic aesthetic also provides a glimpse into an alternate reality/future, where traditional and modern designs intersect, creating a timeless cityscape filled with motion and life.\n\nThe scene was created in Autodesk® 3ds Max 2025 with V-Ray 6 and rendered with photorealistic shaders and lighting in Chaos® Vantage with some post-production added.
Downtown St. Louis Morning 1973. Scanned from Kodachrome slide.
Luchtfoto van Mississippi in Minneapolis
BOSTON / MA, USA - APRIL 1980. View of a busy Charles Street in the direction of the Boston Public Garden.
Residential buildings Miami downtown Florida USA.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1978. Street scene with parked cars and buildings in Minneapolis.
Montreal Ville-Marie highway on a Sunny February morning with downtown skyline in the background and centered around the tunnel entrance
Tokyu Tamagawa line (TAMA-den), obsolete view of firsthand.
Minneapolis Skyline Segment
Skyway View of Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota
Shot directly over the downtown area of Jacksonville, Florida from an altitude of about 1000 feet highlighting the grid pattern of the city blocks.
Hanging flowers above the street but below the skyline
Dusk Winnipeg Downtown.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1976. Street scene with pedestrian, car and buildings at an intersection on Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis.
City Downtown - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
A surreal and abstract depiction on an office building in edge between the downtown and the CBD of Dusseldorf, Germany, shoot in Mid June, 2023.
Altes Haus
Tokyu Tamagawa line and ball disappeared the year train track
Seattle Downtown Washington
Minneapolis Skyline in Minnesota, USA
Buildings near the Chrysler Building.  This is an Art Deco decorated building opposite Grand Central Station.
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