Chicago public housing demolition video

The video above is the start of an 8 week demolition on the Cabrini-Green public housing building in North Burling Street, Chicago.

The building has been empty since December and is located in a very rundown area of the city. The local government is set to redevelop the area with affordable housing for local residents. Further demolition could occur if the many low-rise units in the area are also replaced, but locals are fighting to keep them.

Here's another block of flats taken down in the area last month:



There's also a 24/7 live video feed of this final building demolition available to watch. It's on U.S. time so the work won't be visible until late in the UK day.