Video – Stephenson Tower time-lapse…

Six-month deconstruction condensed into a minute and a half.

Earlier this month, the 22-storey Stephenson Tower disappeared from the Birmingham skyline after a pain-staking six-month operation to carefully remove it brick by brick.

The demolition of the residential tower block was filmed second by second, and a speeded-up version of its downfall has now was been posted.

The demolition is the first stage in the construction of a new £100 million John Lewis department store and forms part of the £600 million redevelopment of The Pallasades shopping centre and New Street train station, dubbed the Gateway project.

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