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“Nothing Here Survived To The Present Day”: 30 Of The Most Spectacular Examples Of Architecture, As Shared On This Group (New Pics)
There have been countless architectural gems built over centuries that people have had the chance to admire. Everything from authentic houses of worship to spectacular bridges, stations, and entire old towns, among other structures, have been a mesmerizing sight for their eyes at some point throughout history. Unfortunately, quite a few buildings like these weren’t able to stand the test of time and can now only be admired in photographs.
We have gathered some of such photographs on this list for you to marvel at. They were shared by the ‘Lost Architecture’ community—“a subreddit devoted to images and discussion of interesting buildings that no longer exist,” as their own description reads. It covers all sorts of impressive structures that were destroyed by wars and other calamities, sadly leaving us with not much more than a picture of what it once was.
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#1
San Francisco’s Cliff House 1896–1907
Rob Chapman 2 years ago
This is the second Cliff House. The first version was built in 1863 and destroyed in a fire in 1894. The version pictured above was also destroyed by fire, in 1907. The current Cliff House was built in 1909 (in a neo-classical style), was heavily modified into a "roadhouse" in 1949, then restored to it's 1909 appearance in 2004. The last restaurant/bar, which had opened in the building in 1973, permanently closed on December 31, 2020, and the Cliff House has remained vacant ever since.
Zelda Fitzgerald 2 years ago
My mom once dined and dashed at the Cliff House with her friend. They were in their 40s 🤦♀️
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JayWantsACat 2 years ago
The view from there is pretty great. And there's a path that heads into the Presidio or Baker Beach for a beautiful hike. I take this city for granted too often these days.
Janina Prado 2 years ago
I used to go there all the time when I was a kid. Walked around the sutro bath ruins, then my folks would take me to the less expensive restaurant upstairs. Gorgeous view. Then we'd go to Musee Mecanique for a bit. Slowly parts of the ruins were cordoned off, or boarded up. Then the Musee went to Pier 39, and the beautiful, Cliff House was changed into some newfangled, outrageously expensive restaurant that wasn't all it promised. It really saddened me. I grew up going there, and I took my kids, and nieces & nephews to explore. I know things change, but still ..
Kimberly Wiltshire 2 years ago
Dang that's where I had my first popover. The food was really good.
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#2
Skete Of All Saints, Ukraine (Largest Wooden Church In Ukraine, Burned Down 2022)
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Burned down or bombed or burned down as the result of fires started by bombs nearby? F**k Putin.
#3
Neue Elbbrücke Bridge From 1887-1959 In Hamburg, Germany
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
The bridge is still there, but the towers were removed when the bridge was widened.
Architectural monuments are a priceless part of any country’s heritage. In addition to their practical significance, they become a way of immortalizing certain influences, important events and customs for future generations to appreciate. Trying to determine the number of such influential structures is close to impossible; as well as counting all that have been lost over time.
Luckily, architecture enthusiasts and historians are determined to keep their memory alive, even if only in pictures. Tom Ravenscroft, the person responsible for the ‘Lost Architecture’ subreddit, is an avid architecture enthusiast himself. In a previous interview with Bored Panda, he said that he’s been following this passion for years, and continues to do so by being the editor of Dezeen, the world's largest architect and design site.
#4
St. Peter's Hospital, Bristol, England. Built In The Late 14th Century As A Merchant's House, Destroyed In The Bristol Blitz In 1940
google slave 2 years ago
Whenever I see old hospitals I thank God I didn't have to go to one back then. They might be beautiful on the outside, but the way they did things back then wasn't exactly the best ways. A lot of the time you suffered more in the hospital than you did at home. Can you imagine a hospital in the 1300's? Yikes! I'd say to hell with it & just deal with whatever was wrong with me.
#5
Salzhaus And Haus Frauenstein. Built Around 1600 In Frankfurt, Germany. Both Destroyed In 1944 By An Raf Raid
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
slighly unsettling, kinda looks like is gonna fall to the right
Mark Fergel 2 years ago
This was of building things to get around certain taxes if I recall correctly. The owner would be charged for how much actual square footage was used for that first floor. By extending upper levels out they could increase the square footage without having to pay additional money.
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Pumpkinmom 2 years ago
It looks like they are sliding over to let the Order of the Phoenix into Sirius Black's house
theenglishbornable 2 years ago
Not going to lie took me longer than I care to admit that Raf was RAF.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. 1944 edition?
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google slave 2 years ago
It doesn't look all that safe. It looks as if it's shifted to the right. Nerve-wracking to think about.
Tom told Bored Panda that the community started with the demolition of one building—the Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago (which is kept as the subreddit’s icon to this day). He said that after posting the picture of this authentic building on Reddit, he realized that there wasn’t a place on the website dedicated to similar architectural structures that have been lost over time and that’s why he started one.
According to Dezeen, the brutalist-style clover-shaped women’s hospital building was created using one of the earliest three-dimensional modeling programmes. A coalition between several organizations, ‘Save Prentice’, dedicated to saving the building, emphasized its significance in a letter to the Mayor of Chicago, which reads in part: "Prentice propelled advances in the fields of architecture and engineering that are still recognised today. [...] Upon completion in 1975, critics and engineers worldwide celebrated Prentice as a breakthrough in structural engineering."
#6
Cathedral Of Christ The Saviour, Located In Borki, Near Kharkiv In The Russian Empire (Modern-Day Kharkiv, Ukraine). Pictured In 1894. It Was Destroyed During The Second World War
Bronze Republic 2 years ago
The Cathedral was destroyed in the 30s along with countless other cultural sites deemed "Anti Soviet" by Stalin. Similar to Kazan Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Not WW2
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Bronze Republic 2 years ago
It was built as a memorial site after the Tsar survived a train crash there.
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The church was built to commemorate the near-miraculous survival of Tsar Alexander III & his family after the royal train derailed there in 1888. This was the famous incident where the Tsar used his great strength to lift the dining car to free his family. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borki_train_disaster
Bronze Republic 2 years ago
Meant to put that in quotes from the article.
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google slave 2 years ago
I bet you didn't need directions to find that place. Just head out to the middle of nowhere & you can't miss it on your right.
Shehzadi Amal 2 years ago
I swear all humans do is build s**t so they can blow it up in spectacular temper tantrums. What a ridiculous animal
#7
Los Angeles In 1918, Nothing Here Survived To The Present Day
Jrog 2 years ago
Los Angeles is possibly the city who was impacted in the worst way by motorization and car culture in the mid XX century.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
And at that time it had an extensive, clean energy, well-established, and perfectly running electric trolley system already in place. They had to pull all that out, dispose of it, and completely redo the roads just to put buses and cars on them. F*****g greedy polluting automobile industry.
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Mark Karol-Chik 2 years ago
What a drag- What is interesting to me is how in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, modernization of the freeway system is mentioned.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
And the evil corporation is called Cloverleaf. It took me years to notice that pun.
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Joe Wolfarth 2 years ago
I had a dream that took place in an ornate old mansion in Los Angeles which had belonged to some Gilded Age magnate. The house would have been quite a cozy fit within this scene! In my dream, the city had grown up all around the property, and ithe once-imposing mansion at its center was now dwarfed by the skyline around and beyond it! - Joe WolfArth
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
When they say nothing survived do they mean just the park or the buildings too?
David Andrews 2 years ago
It's Pershing Square, the square is still there, though most of it is paved now, pretty sure all the buildings are gone
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google slave 2 years ago
Next pic- L.A. 1990's with caption "Nothing here survived to the present day."
#8
The Old Times Square. (1904)
Pandapoo 2 years ago
Yes, but that’s nowhere near Times Square. This must be a similar building.
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The hospital in Chicago was far from the only somewhat recently destroyed building, the picture of which ended up on the ‘Lost architecture’ subreddit. Others on the list include the Palast Der Republik in Berlin, which was voted to be demolished by the German Parliament in 2003, the Transgas Building in Prague, destroyed in 2019, and the Culver House—a historic 19th-century, Queen Anne-style home in St. Louis, demolished in July 2022, among others.
#9
Graham House, West Vancouver, Canada, Designed By Arthur Erickson In 1962, Demolished In 2007
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
The house was destroyed to make room for a larger one. Flat roofs and rainforests don't mix. (What is it with mid-20th century architects and flat roofs? Just stop it!)
Wax0nWax0ff 2 years ago
Have you ever read McMansion Hell? You’d probably enjoy it
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Jrog 2 years ago
It was preserved very badly, already underwent major modifications that lost the original architectural concept, and in the first place it was built with materials that age rapidly. It's a shame, but when it was demolished it was not nearly as sharp as in the photo.
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Wilf 2 years ago
Imagine being so stupid you would demolish an iconic house by one of the world's leading architects rather than pay to have it restored. It's a shame that Canada has some of the weakest statutory protections for historic buildings anywhere in the western world. In the UK this building would have been protected by law, and probably at Grade I or II* (the highest levels of protection).
Burns Bislin 2 years ago
North and West Vancouver have loads of interesting and eccentric Pacific west coast mid century homes - what's happening now is they're being replaced with modern day concrete west coast modern - a bit more ubiquitous and boring, but better suited for the environment. North and West Van were aesthetic over everything, and for a region that helped develop those Pacific west coast styles, it makes no sense because it rains and snows all winter. My wife lived in an amazing home like that in North Van when I met her. It was like a big cedar cube with long vertical bands of siding and a flat roof, built by a master puppeteer in the 60's. Super interesting. Problem was when the puppeteer had it custom built they only put a couple roof drains in and we'd have to climb on the roof daily to clear the drains or it would soak through the ceilings. That happens when artists choose style over function. Regardless, the rain forest here returns everything to nature sooner than later
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Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
It looks impressive but not very livable. Yet another architect with a glass fetish.
Burns Bislin 2 years ago
There is a lot of glass homes like this in that region. I helped do plumbing on one built for the inventor of the jet mold hot tub, and he had a solid ceder and copper home with a moat and a glass cube for a bathroom lol. The moat didn't make sense because it was like a mosquito pit, but the glass bathroom I get, because these places are "in the city" but fully surrounded by rain forest northern jungle, so you don't see neighbours at all
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The Baths Of Diocletian, 298 Ad. A Couple Of Walls Are Left, Still Impressive
Joeshar 2 years ago
Sometimes artists exaggerate historical beauties. I'm not sure if the dome is that high at its time. Same goes for exaggerated Colossus of Rhodes.
David Andrews 2 years ago
Could be exaggerated, but if you look at places like the baths of caracalla you can see they are of a similar scale
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Ugh_What_Now 2 years ago
You really shouldn't, the aqueducts were built by the Romans... then the rest of the world got sick from still water. The ancient Greeks had sliding doors and vending machines... the rest of the world was hit with the black plague... Religion killed knowledge, and thanks to that, people have underestimated the people from the past and indigenous cultures for centuries. Our civilization is centuries behind the ways in which we've discovered killing each other. I'm sure the water there was plenty clean.
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#11
Park Hotel Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Built In 1890 And Was Lost To A Fire In 1907
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Small time window there. Very similar to the cliff house in San Francisco (currently #1) in that way.
Jennifer Vogt 2 years ago
So sad considering a structure of that nature probably took 40 years to build
google slave 2 years ago
I love how all these places built out of stone & marble go up in flames.
Mia Black 2 years ago
The park hotel building in Bremen today is not that beautiful as it was but it's not that ugly compared to many modern hotels. Plus, the inside is nice
Load More Replies...Some structures on the subreddit were, however, destroyed hundreds if not thousands of years ago. A couple of the arguably most spectacular ones have been the Baths Of Diocletian in Rome, dating back to as far as 298 AD and the Ancient Egyptian Fortress Of Buhen built on the west bank of the Nile somewhere around 1860 BCE.
#12
Świnoujście/Swinemünde Pier, Poland (Formerly Germany). The Place Existed Between 1890s And 1920s
Silke 2 years ago
Completely incorrect. Swine ≠ Schwein And Münde means the mouth of the river
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Pennsylvania Station, New York City, Ca 1910
Bronze Republic 2 years ago (edited)
While its destruction was sad, it actually saved hundreds of other cultural heritage buildings due to the public outcry of it being demolished. It lead to the creation of modern historial preservation in the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(1910%E2%80%931963)
Frederick Schulkind 2 years ago
They built Madison Square Garden in its place. The railroad station underground is still very much active.
Earl Grey 2 years ago
New York is still trying to finalize renovation plans: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/nyregion/hochul-penn-station-vornados.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Bronze Republic 2 years ago
This one pictured is the original one, which no longer survives.
Load More Replies... Danalalala 2 years ago
Where'd all these 100, 300, 600 year old drones come from? This article has me wondering..
#14
1890 Sioux City Corn Palace, Iowa. From 1887 To 1891, Sioux Cityans Celebrated The Autumn Harvest With A Festival Featuring The Construction Of A Large Building In Downtown Called A Corn Palace Covered In Corn And Other Grains
David 2 years ago
I thought this rang a bell. There is a corn palace in sout dakota that still exists. I saw signs for it when I drove to SD to see Mt. Rushmore. Didn't actually go to the building. "Built in 1892 in Mitchell, South Dakota, the Corn Palace was created to dramatically display the products of the harvest of South Dakota's farmers, in murals on the outside of the building. The murals are made from thousands of bushels of corn and other grains and grasses such as wild oats, rye, straw, and wheat."
SweetCheesySpaghetti 2 years ago
Drove through SD in 2003, and saw Mitchell Corn Palace! Very impressive.
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Agfox 2 years ago
Pic of the "...World's only remaining corn palace..." in South Dakota, according to various websites Corn-Palac...45b35c.jpg 
Quite a few buildings discussed on the subreddit have been lost due to numerous wars and conflicts over the years. In cities such as Warsaw in Poland, Antwerp in Belgium, or Bristol in England, just to name a few, numerous constructions have been forever lost after WW2-related bombings, and that’s just one of the conflicts that have ravaged cities over the course of history.
In addition to conflicts, fires have also destroyed countless cities, each home to authentic examples of local architecture. For instance, the Great Fire of London in 1666 is believed to have destroyed over 13,000 homes and damaged the iconic St. Paul's Cathedral, among other constructions. Another example, the massive fire in Hakodate, Japan in 1907, is the reason why the majority of its historic buildings date back to the 20th century.
#15
Ancient Egyptian Fortress Of Buhen - Lost To The Aswan Dam (Lake Nasser)
#16
A Digital Reconstruction Of Old St. Paul's Cathedral, Which Was Located In London, England. Completed In 1314, It Was Destroyed In The 1666 Great Fire Of London. The Current Cathedral With Its Iconic Dome Was Built Between 1675 And 1710
Grace Note 2 years ago
That's not even the first St Paul's Cathedral. There's been a cathedral or a cathedral in construction on that site since 604.
#17
1905 Photo Of The Park Avenue Hotel (A.k.a. Working Women's Hotel) At 32nd And Park Avenue In New York City. Opened In 1878, Demolished In 1925. (Partial Ai Colorization)
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Gorgeous. Including the hilariously inaccurate, vaguely American flag.
A devastating fire that has recently seized one of the most well-known landmarks in Europe was the fire of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 2019. The construction of the spectacular monument started in the early 12th century and resulted in what was considered the tallest building of its kind back in the day.
Even though the devastating tragedy destroyed nearly all of one of the oldest surviving timber frames in Paris, according to Vox, and was the cause of the collapse of the iconic spire, it revealed new surprising information about the building. The blaze uncovered iron staples used to bind stone blocks, making the Notre-Dame the first Gothic Cathedral to extensively use iron in its construction.
#18
Helmond, The Netherlands (Demolished In 2019 For A Big Appartement Block)
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
And here I thought (or hoped) we were done with this nonsense of needlessly destroying these architectural witnesses of the centuries - it doesn't look in disrepair or anything.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
I found out recently in my country, it can be as stupid as ‘no fire exits’ being available but you can’t redo a historic building so it gets torn down for a new one or left to rot until it’s fallen into disrepair
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#19
Base Of The Spire, Seen From The Southwest, Notre-Dame De Paris, 2018
Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
Notre Dame was under reconstruction when the fire broke out. In fact, the fire started in the rafters of the scaffold. (I remember reading that it probably started because of a recklessly discarded cigarette butt). Anyway, many of the statues had been taken down for cleaning, so by lucky coincidence, they were not affectd by the fire.
Talitha Jansen 2 years ago
I'm sure those are saved since they clearly survived the fire . They're very careful in their restoration
whineygingercat 2 years ago
Due to the renovations the cathedral was undergoing, most of the artwork and statuary had been stored offsite in an archive location. When the fire broke out, random citizens ran into the building to save whatever was left.
Lizzie Lane 2 years ago
I toured the Cathedral that morning, by the time I finished dinner it was in flames. It is hard to describe how it felt to stand with Parisians on the sidewalks and stare in horror as the smoke rose. There were quiet tears rolling down so many cheeks. It was heartbreaking
Demongrrrrl 2 years ago
I think maybe it's a representation of St. Luke. His symbol is an ox with wings. That statue clearly has hooves.
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#20
Park Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota. Built In 1890 And Demolished In 1936
Nizumi 2 years ago
*forbidding :) UPDATE: I've been corrected and rightly so! Foreboding it is.
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Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
What I find strange is the fact that this building is less than 50 years old when it's demolished. My house is over 50 and I am in the process of making improvements because I love this place. Why would they tear down such a young home?
Danalalala 2 years ago
I thought the same! That kind of architecture should have required some quality materials, too.
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Crescent 1967 2 years ago
https://forgottenminnesota.com/forgotten-minnesota/2016/12/stone-ruins-of-park-terrace-in-duluth
Missi Boness 2 years ago
Been to Duluth many times. I would have loved to have seen this. Why must such beautiful architecture be destroyed? I understand if there's severe issues but sheesh what a loss.
Engulfed by fire, the spire of the Notre-Dame Cathedral was also added to the subreddit’s collection of the lost gems of architecture. Due to its somewhat upsetting origins, this exact collection is one no architecture enthusiast would arguably like to see expanding. The sub’s founder, Tom Ravenscroft, also pointed that out in his previous interview with Bored Panda, saying that “‘Lost Architecture’ has showcased lost buildings of all styles from all around the world. Although I enjoy the sub, there are many, many buildings I never want to see in it.”
#21
Leaning Tower Of Zaragoza "Torre Nueva"(1504-1892)
Agfox 2 years ago
Despite numerous protests, the City Council had it demolished because of the angle on which it was built
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Jake Lewis 2 years ago
There's a layer where the brickwork appears deliberately uneven... Why?
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago (edited)
There appears to be ‘correction’ made further up. According to Wikipedia, the lean was a combination of poor foundation, and poor building.
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google slave 2 years ago
They knocked it down because there can only be one leaning tower, and the one in Pisa won the draw.
#22
Steele High School, Dayton, Ohio. Built In 1894, Demolished For A Parking Garage In 1955
Sean 2 years ago
I used to work in a school district that had building around this age, so I’m saying this out of experience: Buildings like this suck to live with day-to-day as a school for multiple reasons even in the 1950s, so I understand why it was replaced. It’s a shame that the building couldn’t have been preserved and repurposed though and replacing it with a parking garage is a travesty.
Linda Tisue 2 years ago
Shows how much 19th century Americans valued education. Now its sports stadiums. What a mistake.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Our current middle school was dedicated in 1923. Just did a rehab in 2017. Kids were worried a few years ago when we had a derecho come through during school hours. I told them" this place has stood for 100 years, a little wind won't hurt it". Did have some flashing fly off, but otherwise solid.
#23
Galloway's Furniture Store, Sarasota, Florida, Designed By Victor Lundy In 1959. Partially Demolished In The 1970s, Some Of The Structure Still Survives Within A Nondescript Exterior
Laughing otter 2 years ago
I knew Victor Lundy (friend of my parents) and his buildings were notorious for not aging well. He was one of those architects who get so enthralled by their concepts that they completely overlook the fact that people will need to use the building.
#24
Color Photo Of Penn Station In 1963 Just Prior To Demolition
#25
The Old Tripe House, Digbeth, Birmingham, U.k. (1533-1893)
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
I've seen the production of tripe in all its stages. I doubt you'd ever eat it again if you saw it, too.
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Dig those groovy Mods in the Gay 90s just Not Dig old Queen Beth's Tasty Tripe any Longer?!? Wilde!
#26
Everything In This Photo Was Destroyed - Skopje, North Macedonia Before The 1963 Earthquake
#27
Saratoga Hotel In Havana, Cuba. Destroyed By A Gas Explosion
Piper 2 years ago
Cuba has the same cars today! I shouldn’t be flip. My visit to Cuba last year was depressing.
google slave 2 years ago
They don't have much of a choice. They either use a 65 yr old car, or none at all.
Load More Replies... Bloodyklaws 2 years ago
“Gas explosion” was the name of the CIA agent that disappeared during operation “saratoga” 🕵️♂️
#28
Paleis Voor Volksvlijt, Amsterdam. Finished Building 1864, Burned Down 1929
google slave 2 years ago
It never ceases to amaze me at just how freaking flammable stone & marble can be. You'd think living in a place built out to rock you wouldn't have to worry about it burning down, but I'll be damned if that's not how the majority of them are brought down. It's just mind-boggling to me.
Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
Why was it built? Is it a government building or something. Just wondering.
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
Glad its on the list.(or actually not as it means its gone) It always fascinated me.
#29
Church In La Jalca, Peru. Built In 1538, Collapsed In An Earthquake
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
Collapsed in the November 28, 2021 quake. It was already poorly preserved (as seen by consolidation brackets shown in the photo, that are of an older type and good only to limit bulging, without precompressing the masonry)
Silke 2 years ago
Thank you for adding to our knowledge and understanding!
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#30
National Palace Of Haiti, 1912-2010, Severely Damaged By The 2010 Haitian Earthquake And Demolished In 2012
Joe Wolfarth 2 years ago
I think for the good of the nation, a new name will be required. I propose "Lovee!" [NeuroLinguistic Programming is a a real thing, and it leads to English-Speaking peeps saying things like, "Went to Haiti... Hated It!!"] OK, if you insist on le francais, how about "Amitiee?"
Bloodyklaws 2 years ago
Between earthquakes and political strife Haiti has not been exactly a paradise in any case
#31
Oklahoma City State Capitol Bank Built In 1962, Complete With A Conversation Pit Elevator! Since Remodeled
Jake Lewis 2 years ago
This is modern architecture fail imo. Make a glass building back in the day and it ends up looking like it's made of curtains
#32
Broadwater Natatorium, Helena, 1889. 100 Heated Changing Rooms, Electricity, Stained Glass Rose Windows. Demolished 1946
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Natatorium: indoor swimming pool, I guess? Boy, am I learning fancy English architectural speak.
Ace 2 years ago
Natation is still used in French for watersports in general, from the same Latin origin.
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#33
Venice, California Before The Canals Were Filled In And The Buildings Were Demolished, 1906
Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
LA project was to create a green city at first, full of gardens and water, but the incontrolable population raise in the 30's killed the spirit
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#34
The Chicago Federal Building (1898-1965)
#35
Old City Hall Post Office, NYC. 1880-1938
#36
Pittsburgh Was Once One Of The Most Beautiful Cities Not Only In The Us, But In The World. Most Of It Was Demolished
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Pittsburgh IS still a beautiful city. Surrounded by hills and suspension bridges, the downtown of Pittsburgh features an amazingly complex assortment of skyscrapers crammed into a narrow triangle where two rivers join to form the Ohio River. Short of mega-cities like New York and London, I don't think you can possibly find more fascinating architecture per square mile as you can in Pittsburgh.
Greg M 2 years ago
I agree with you 1000%! PPG is the most unique and stunning skyscraper on earth.
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#37
The Beach Hotel, Galveston, Tx. Built In 1882 And Destroyed By A Mysterious Fire In 1898
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Would've been destroyed in 1900 by the horrific hurricane which erased Galveston off the map. Thousands upon thousands of people died. The focus of the metro area shifted inland to Houston, whereas Galveston had been the larger city. Today, Galveston does have some gorgeous architecture!
HoRace 2 years ago
We’re taking the family on a road trip to Galveston in a couple of weeks.
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#38
Mount Adams Incline, Cincinnati, Oh (1872–1948)
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
We have one where I live too. The Incline Railway will take you up and down Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN. Y'all come on out! ❤️😁
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#39
One Of Philadelphias Most Gorgeous Corners In The Year Of 1900, Broad Street Station. (Razed In 50s)
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Man, people in the the fifties and sixties were just chomping at the bit to ignore history and continuity, and just bulldozed beautiful old buildings w***y-nilly, to put up the FUGLIEST concrete boxes you ever saw, weren’t they? With zero regard for historic value, significance, art, beauty, all that is good and keeps us aligned with our past. My parents’ generation, the one that calls itself the “greatest generation”. Except for getting drafted on the winning side during WWII and managing to survive, they weren’t really all that great at most other things. They polluted our rivers, their factories belched smoke and polluted our air, they threw their trash out their car windows, they created the plastics industry, they drove the most gas guzzling cars and filled them with leaded gas so that anyone born before leaded gas was taken off the market now has traces of lead in their lungs from breathing in the exhaust. They were also the ones in the seventies, who had made it into the executive suite, and threw away every single scientific study that proved their company’s product was environmentally unsound and dangerous, was using up dwindling necessary resources, was totally upsetting ecosystems, was killing people. And they didn’t care, they didn’t try to make their products any cleaner, any less impactful, any less dangerous. They’re the generation who ramped up climate change and kept making it worse instead of trying to clean their messes up. Yeah, THAT generation. I’m 62, and yes, my generation f****d up the economy more than once, and contributed to climate change, though we were too young initially to be making the rules. When we got older, we started being more aware, and at least some of us try to live cleaner lives. It’s going to be the generation entering adulthood now and for the next few decades who will be doing the heavy lifting, cleaning up their parents’, grandparents’, great-grandparents’, and great-great-grandparents’ enormous and dangerous messes. We dropped the ball. I hope they take it, run with it, and finally do what we said we would do, but failed.
#41
Denver 1880s: None Of The Buildings In This Photo Have Survived To The Present Day
PunnyPanda 2 years ago
Not true! Tivoli Brewery still stands and is a brewery (on the MSU campus) once again!
#42
The Toy Building Was Constructed In 1913, And Anchored Milwaukee's Small Chinatown Community, The Building Hosted A Restaurant And A Theater, But Was Demolished In 1946
Marla Singer 2 years ago
Milwaukee has a charming mix of old, surviving buildings, and new beautiful buildings.
#43
City Hall Of Galveston, Texas. Built In 1888 And Demolished In 1966
#44
Monroe Palace In Rio De Janeiro. Built In 1906 And Destroyed In 1976
theflyingcicero 2 years ago
The first car in our family was a beetle. I‘m still sad that Volkswagen does not build them any more.
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Culver House In St. Louis. Demolished 7/19/22 For Symphony Hall Expansion
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
TBH, While it's very nice, it's not special. Scranton has hundreds of homes that I wouldn't say are just like it (since the style lends itself to unique floor plans), but are stylistically equivalent.
#46
Palace Theater, Long Beach, Ca: Opened In 1916 And Demolished In The Late 1980s
Brent Echols 2 years ago
Long Beach still has a lot of cool, beautiful architecture. And an area called Naples that still has canals
#47
Prentice Women's Hospital In Chicago
Me 2 years ago
Interesting architecture, but the first in the list I don't consider a lost that it's gone
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I totally agree with you. Every picture in this post has evoked a sense of loss until now. This is brutalism at it's worst.
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Great Ape House, Kansas City Zoo 1966-2015
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Congregation probably didn’t look much different either. Oh I’m sorry, that kind doesn’t believe in evolution. 🙈🙉🙊 (Apologies to those of true faith, I am not talking about you. Though I’m sure you, more than anyone, recognize the type of unevolved churchgoers I’m talking about. Also, my apologies to Great Apes as well. I know you’re innocent of all of this b******t.)
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Jake Lewis 2 years ago
I don't know what they were going for here, but this zoo has improved a lot since I was a kid.
#49
The General Motors Pavilion At The 1964 New York World's Fair, Aka 'Futurama,' Also The Source Of The Name Matt Groening Gave His Show From Visiting The Futuristic Attraction As A Kid. Torn Down After The Fair Ended, 1965
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
Most of the buildings were taken down. A few survived. There is one that has a model of New York City in it, updated from time to time.
Jojo_hobkin 2 years ago
WDE participated a lot in this World Fair, with attractions like It's a Small World or Carrousel of Progress still operating today, so not everything was lost. Just most of it :(
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Mark Fergel 2 years ago
Should read about what happens with many of the structures built for the Olympics.
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Andy in NOVA 2 years ago
Kind of generic mid-century "modern" style. What was important was what was inside - not outside. But considering what were some of the longest and most epic waiting lines of the entire Fair, one would think they might have made the outside more interesting just to give people something to look at while waiting hours to get in. The popularity of the GM and Ford Pavilions Illustrates the hold of the auto manufacturers on the mid-century American imagination.
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Trinity Episcopal Church. Washington, Dc. (1851-1936)
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
Notice the Capito dome still under construction. During the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln insisted that the construction continue, even with the building being used as a hospital, as well as for its legislative functions.
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Palast Der Republik, Berlin. Demolished In 2008 Due To Asbestos
The Dark Sun 2 years ago
People called it Erich (Honecker)'s Lampenladen (Erich's Lamp Store) because of the gazillion lamps inside
The Scout 2 years ago
People used to joke that the Palace of the Republic was the most beautiful part of Berlin - because only from the Palace of the Republic you don't see the Palace of the Republic...
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And to rebuild a copy of the Berlin castle.Also a bit of politic involved ( erasing the DDR memories)
Carola Klobe 2 years ago
The asbestos could have been removed. It was a purely political move to erase any trace of GDR architecture. The congress center in West Berlin had a lot more asbestos but that building is still standing.
zububonsai 2 years ago (edited)
As an East German: yes! (Though, I was impressed by the huuuuge front with the gazillion yellowish lights /bronze colour scheme as a small town kid. Even as a child, I knew how hard it was to find one tasteful lampshade back then.)
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Transgas Building, Prague (Built 1978, Demolished 2020)
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Wow! Brutalist Socialist architecture that's actually SORT of neat looking (depending on the context)!
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Nea 2 years ago
This post was particularly painful for me. I am obsessed with old architecture from across the world. This list doesnt only make me sad about what we have lost but also what all can soon be lost in future :(
Agfox 2 years ago
Melbourne, Australia, my home city, had many wonderful architectural buildings that were demolished in order to 'modernise' the city prior to the 1956 Olympic Games. These were the Fish Markets, built in 1890 to complement the style of the nearby Flinders Street railway station. They were replaced at the time by a car park Hish-marke...fbb656.jpg 
Briana Kessler 2 years ago
Architecture has really gone downhill. Instead of awe inspiring things of beauty, we now have identical moden blocks with no character or charm.
D-m Keilman 2 years ago
The Forestry building in Portland should be listed too. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/world-largest-log-cabin-portland/
Trisec 2 years ago
Boston, 1872. That is the Old South Meetinghouse on the left center. Everything to the right burned in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. first-aeri...ston-1.jpg 
Est the Sword 2 years ago
I think the old Cincinnati library deserves to be on here. It’s interior was incredible.
A girl 2 years ago
The Metropolitan building. Minneapolis was mercenary about demolishing really awesome old buildings and replacing them wiith souless glass boxes. https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-verizon&q=the+metropolitan+building+minneapolis&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJ7663qeP_AhWCGDQIHcSeBJQQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=375&bih=692&dpr=2.89
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
There is an interesting book that had quite a few of these buildings mentioned in it called "Let's bring back: An encyclopedia of forgotten-yet-delightful, chic, useful, curious and otherwise commendable things from times gone by" by Lesley M.M. Blume
Nea 2 years ago
This post was particularly painful for me. I am obsessed with old architecture from across the world. This list doesnt only make me sad about what we have lost but also what all can soon be lost in future :(
Agfox 2 years ago
Melbourne, Australia, my home city, had many wonderful architectural buildings that were demolished in order to 'modernise' the city prior to the 1956 Olympic Games. These were the Fish Markets, built in 1890 to complement the style of the nearby Flinders Street railway station. They were replaced at the time by a car park Hish-marke...fbb656.jpg
Briana Kessler 2 years ago
Architecture has really gone downhill. Instead of awe inspiring things of beauty, we now have identical moden blocks with no character or charm.
D-m Keilman 2 years ago
The Forestry building in Portland should be listed too. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/world-largest-log-cabin-portland/
Trisec 2 years ago
Boston, 1872. That is the Old South Meetinghouse on the left center. Everything to the right burned in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. first-aeri...ston-1.jpg
Est the Sword 2 years ago
I think the old Cincinnati library deserves to be on here. It’s interior was incredible.
A girl 2 years ago
The Metropolitan building. Minneapolis was mercenary about demolishing really awesome old buildings and replacing them wiith souless glass boxes. https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-verizon&q=the+metropolitan+building+minneapolis&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJ7663qeP_AhWCGDQIHcSeBJQQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=375&bih=692&dpr=2.89
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
There is an interesting book that had quite a few of these buildings mentioned in it called "Let's bring back: An encyclopedia of forgotten-yet-delightful, chic, useful, curious and otherwise commendable things from times gone by" by Lesley M.M. Blume
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