I do like it too. It was taken during the evening and the Beirut-kind of image struck me.
It al started in th beginning of this year and I try to 'report' on it. Most of the photos are taken from my balcony. This one was just at the beginning of the tearing down:
----http://www.pbase.com/image/16309361 Within, say 2 years, my view will be changed. Two very attractive buildings will be erected then, both ca 80 m high. One office building, one appartment building.
Check my site regulary, so you will see 'grow' these buildings.
On my site there are also some artist impressions of the situation to be:
----http://www.pbase.com/image/16307062 See you Denise! (where do you live? SF?)
I live in Rotterdam as you will know maybe ( Bombarded city in WW II)