Demolition crew extracts the rebar

The changing demolition business

Part of Panama City's construction boom is the demolition of older buildings to make way for new ones.

The demolition business is also booming, and changing. Nowadays the high prices of scrap metal mean that it's worth the cost of the labor to extract the old rebar for sale to recyclers.

Photo by Eric Jackson

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