All the buildings looked as if they had been built and painted that morning, and could be taken down on Monday with very little trouble.

The original building was involved in a fire in the 1980s and subsequently taken down.

Those buildings were taken down to the steel frame and foundation.

The factory ceased operations in summer 2006 and the buildings were taken down by 2008.

All contaminated buildings - about one million square feet - would be safely taken down.

In 2008, the old building was taken down to be redeveloped.

More than 1,000 buildings were taken down to build the Tower Complex.

No amount of paint or whitewashing would remove the stain, and finally the building was taken down.

By 1995, new town houses (below right) had been built nearby when the last two high-rise buildings in the complex were taken down.

The building was taken down in May 2010 and will be replaced by apartments.