The first ever explosive demolition in Athens
31 May 2023
Archive footage from 1995 shows the dramatic moment a 20-storey city-ccentre building was brought down in a controlled explosion, causing a giant cloud of demolition dust to engulf the city of Athens, Greece.
How the event was reported at the time:
“A 20-storey building collapsed in a pile of rubble in Athens on Sunday (May 21) in the first-ever demolition using explosives in the Greek city.
British company Controlled Demolition used 900 sticks of dynamite to level the former Red Cross building.
The…