Singapore - Destruction

Top Down, All Around
Were they dropped from helicopters or assembled on top of the building?  They chewed noisily, reducing the building next door floor by floor.  They reminded me of the hungry caterpillars you see on nature shows, biting down a jungle tree one leaf at a time.  Our living room became brighter and breezier by the day, the neighborhood microclimate shifting slightly.

Within days they were near ground level.

A few weeks later the noise, blue tarps and machinery vanished.  So had the building.  The lot was scraped flat, leaving a chalky surface, the trees untouched.

The caterpillars, now blue, magically reappeared across the street.  It shouldn't be long now - we'll soon be surrounded by open lots.  Then the rebuilding will start.