Neighborhood demolished to clear path for the Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN)When the wrecking crews rolled into Vila Autodromo this week, Luiz Claudio Silva knew it was time to leave home.

The western Rio neighborhood where he had lived for the past 25 years was being demolished to create an access path to the city's main Olympic venues.

Twenty-five years of memories were gone in a matter of minutes as the two-story house he shared with his family was razed to the ground.

"I built that house brick-by-brick and now it's gone," Silva told CNN. "They came without any warning and just destroyed it all."

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