The demolition of Stanley Hall in Berkeley has begun. It's not every day a building falls, but it's better in a controlled environment than in an earthquake. The building had been deemed very unsafe by earthquake experts. I only had one class in there but you could tell it was standing on toothpicks. In its place will be a brand new building devoted to scientific research, scheduled to be completed in 2006. The picture above links to a live cam of Stanley where you can track the progress of the bulldozers. They've actually started tearing it down on the other side of the building so it just looks like nothing is happening.