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It's not a tagline any city would want, but architect Peter Rogan's description neatly sums up the half-demolished hulk of Nottingham's Broadmarsh Centre.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2021

The only sound that came back was the echo from the half-demolished building and the pounding of the surf.

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2018

The only sound that came back was the echo from the half-demolished building and the pounding of the surf.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2018

The only sound that came back was the echo from the half-demolished building and the pounding of the surf.

From Fox News • Oct. 11, 2018

That very morning he returned to Grenoble in the rain, passing through villages where the posters bearing his name and those of his friends, half-demolished by the rain, flapped dismally in the wind.

From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri