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Post office demolished by ‘mistake'
Nanjing :: China | 5 hours ago
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2013-05-22 19:54 ( chinadaily.com.cn) A post office was mistakenly" demolished overnight without any notice, leaving large amounts of letters unattended...Postal workers at the office in the Jiangning district of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, found
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3 charged in failed N.J. washer-dryer burglary bid
North :: SC :: USA | 2 days ago
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Authorities say three would-be burglars failed to make a clean getaway when they tried to steal a washer and dryer from the basement of a vacant northern New Jersey home. North Plainfield police responded to the home early Saturday after getting
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The levitating church: 130-year-old exterior of the Provo Tabernacle is raised on stilts as work begins to restore it into a Mormon temple after a devastating fire almost destroyed it
White House :: TN :: USA | 3 days ago
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Thank goodness this wonderful building will stand & be a source of worship & love. Toronto Gal , USA, 19/5/2013 17:34 Look the Mormons have money aplenty let them do what they want. - Ricardoh , Walnut Creek CA USA, 19/5/2013 17:29 Ok, I watched the
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Couple fights to save their dream "tree house" after zoning mix-up
Mexico City :: Mexico | 8 days ago
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A Holmes Beach, Florida couple wants to finish building the tree house of their dreams, but now the city is telling them to tear it down. The two story structure is found on an Australian pine tree off Avenue E in Holmes Beach...Richard Hazen and
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Plan for big prefab spend
California City :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
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A Housing New Zealand decision to spend $377 million on prefabricated housing over the next three years will create about 225 new jobs mainly in assembly-line construction. The state housing agency has decided to buy 500 fully prefabricated houses
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Jacking up the house
Mumbai :: India | 8 days ago
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This 2,400 sq.ft. house on Mettupalayam Road has moved 35 feet in the last 19 days...The staircase, wooden work in the interiors, tiles, electrical wiring and plumbing lines remain intact as the house shifts 45-feet with the support of 300 rollers
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Amazing time lapse video shows how a four thousand tonne silo implodes, eventually
Sydney :: Australia | 9 days ago
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13 May 2013 A 4,000 tonne silo building was left resembling the Tower of Pisa after an explosion meant to bring it to the ground left it mainly intact and leaning to one side. Demolition experts were left a little red-faced after they miscalculated
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History pared back to tower facades
Melbourne :: Australia | 10 days ago
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The Old Commerce building at Melbourne University...Three recent proposals would see some of Melbourne's historic buildings demolished (except for the brick facades) to make way for skyscrapers. Critics of the trend that was popular in the 1990s say
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Demolition: Building Stuck Leaning To Side
Rome :: Italy | 10 days ago
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Demolition experts have been left red-faced after a 4,000-ton building was left leaning to one side instead of toppling down as planned. The team had set off 100kg of explosives in a controlled explosion but they were not enough to destroy the silo
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January Jones puffs on a cigarette, while Katie Holmes struggles to walk the stairs in candid Met Ball scenes
New York City :: NY :: USA | 15 days ago
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7 May 2013 Its the night when A-list celebrity combines with high fashion to create one of the glitziest events in the showbusiness calender...And as the stars let their hair down on Monday night, they were caught off guard in a series of candid
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