Lots of people came down to watch. Some of the nearby apartments provide natural vantage points.

This woman went up on a roof to watch.

Some kids reported seeing a cat in the window upstairs from the Asia Market, so demolition stopped while some firefighters set up a ladder. This is when we like our firefighters best: when they’re saving a cat.

The cat didn’t want to be saved, so work had to proceed. By that time there wasn’t much left of the room where the cat was anyway.

Here are some pictures of the big shovels nibbling away. I didn’t stay until the bitter end, but I’d say that’s about it for the Asia Market.