Video – Clearing the way for a giant…

Time-lapse captures preparatory works ahead of New York skyscraper.

New York has no shortage when it comes to skyscrapers. But by 2020, the city will boast yet another as the 427 metre One Vanderbilt will have taken its place alongside Grand Central Terminal.

Upon completion, the 57-storey, 150,000 square metre skyscraper will be the second tallest in the city.

But before then, demolition contractors are busily making space for the block, as this time-lapse video illustrates: