Demolition of buildings was capable of constituting a project affecting the environment.

But the new design and the required demolition of buildings has divided architectural opinion.

This led to other considerations in the explosive demolition of buildings, such as worker and spectator safety and limiting collateral damage.

Of the controlled waste, 48% came from the demolition of buildings, 22% from industry, 17% from households and 13% from business - only 3% were recycled.

The street was widened in the early 1930s by demolition of buildings on the east side of the street.