Ferguson insists on staying ahead of demand, even if that means the occasional empty cell block.

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Berkeley Homes, which owns the empty office block, has asked protesters to leave, saying the building was "not safe for public use".

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In fact, the bomb landed about a mile away, destroying an empty high-rise apartment block.

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It was only later, when upon the white flash of another high sea hurling itself amidships, Jukes had a vision of two pairs of davits leaping black and empty out of the solid blackness, with one overhauled fall flying and an iron-bound block capering in the air, that he became aware of what had happened within about three yards of his back.

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While the center of Erfurt is still picturesque and remains a big draw for tourists, some big block buildings on the city's outskirts that used to be residential apartments now sit empty, many of them boarded up.

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