17 January 2013 Last updated at 05:08 ET

The demolition of a block of flats regarded as an eyesore by residents of a Berkshire town has begun.

Wentworth Avenue tower block in Slough is to make way for a new housing development.

The demolition is part of the wider regeneration of the Britwell area of the town.

The Homes and Communities Agency has invested 800,000 in the regeneration which will include new homes and shops for the area.

John Rice, assistant director of regeneration and estates at Slough Borough Council, is looking forward to a new look for the town.

He said: "One of the main aims of the Britwell Regeneration Project was to rid the area of the horrid tower block.

"For months now we have been moving former residents to new homes, building new properties in the area for tenants and now, everyone will be able to see the block coming down."

Countryside Properties will be constructing the new homes in Britwell.

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A new building-demolition technique being used in Japan takes the phrase "inside job" to a whole new level -- literally. Controlled building destruction, especially of skyscrapers, often involves an implosion, which levels the building in a matter of seconds. But a new method of safely bringing down skyscrapers can best be seen in a new time-lapse video of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which stands more than 450 feet tall. "Razing a Skyscraper the Ecological Way" shows the hotel, which is located in Tokyo, shrinking before your eyes as workers take it apart from the inside.

Taisei Corporation, the company behind this new demolition process known as Taisei Ecological Reproduction System, or Tecorep, advertises the method as environmentally friendly because it reduces dust exposure by more than 90 percent. In addition, Tecorep cuts down on noise considerably.

How does Tecorep work? Temporary columns are set up indoors to hold up the roof of the existing building. Then jacks lower the columns as higher floors are disassembled. This action creates the effect of shrinking the building from the top down.

A commenter on YouTube wrote, "That's awesome. Everyone should be doing that instead of destroying resources with explosives." Another person, who says he once stayed at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, said the hotel was cool in the '70s but was probably in much need of updating due to it not meeting current earthquake standards and not being contemporary. He adds, "Cool and iconic as it was, it would apparently simply have cost much more to fully restore it than to tear it down and replace with a new building."

As impressive and visually stimulating as it can be to watch the implosion of a skyscraper, it's even more impressive when companies come up with ways to save the environment while improving on building structures.

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WATERVLIET A local group has sued the City Council to halt the demolition of St. Patrick's Church claiming the city has violated local and state laws in approving development plans.

Citizens for St. Patrick's and 20 residents maintain in legal papers that the City Council failed to comply with the city zoning code, the state Environmental Quality Review Act, the state Open Meetings Law and general municipal law when it rezoned the 3.5-acre church site on 19th Street.

They also claim the council undertook spot zoning when the historic church site was rezoned to business from residential.

The lawsuit, filed last week, asks state Supreme Court in Albany County to stop any demolition or development at the church site, revoke the rezoning, and void the declaration of negative environmental significance for the property by the council.

Nigro Companies has proposed building a 40,000-square-foot Price Chopper supermarket and two smaller commercial buildings on the property. The firm needed the rezoning, unanimously approved by the council in November, to proceed with the project.

Nigro has applied to the city for demolition permits to knock down the church, rectory, school and residences.

Citizens for St. Patrick's also has filed a notice of appeal to overturn a judge's decision to permit the sale of the church property. Nigro, through a subsidiary, paid $1 million to buy the property from a church corporation affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Pieces of the St. Nicholas Church are continuing to come down.

The historic church is being torn down to make way for the expansion of Route 28.

Demolition crews worked overnight to take down the old church, blocking off parts of Route 28 heading into the city.

When demolition started, the first thing to go was the bells, in preparation for the wrecking ball.

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The expansion comes after a years-long battle between the diocese and preservationist.

This process has been going on for nearly 20 years, Fr. Ron Lengwin, of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese told KDKA in November.

The Diocese says it received a certificate of economic hardship that allows the groundwork for the demolition to move forward in spite of the buildings historic designation.

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