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35 Buildings That Got Repurposed For Something Their Architects Probably Didn’t Even Dream Of (New Pics)
While my renovation means getting a new rug from Ikea, changing a lightbulb that’s been out of order for the past year (or five, if I’m being totally honest), and keeping my succulents alive, some people turn it into an art form.
Welcome to the inspiring collection of renovations that deserve their own place in history compiled by Bored Panda. From the abandoned church that’s been remade into a skater’s dream park to a defunct subway entrance that’s been cleverly turned into an actual entry to the Subway eatery, and it only gets better.
Scroll down, upvote your favorite remakes and repurposed buildings, and be sure to check out our previous posts with some more wonderful building conversions right here.
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#1
Moved Here 4 Years Ago. Converted Victorian Church In England. Love This Room
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
Not uncommon in the UK. A friend rented a converted church like this, it had a mezzanine which was the 'bedroom'. I thought it was all wonderful.
Cheri Aline Sydney 4 years ago
What a blessing it would be to live in this environment... So serene, thought-provoking and inspirational ~
Gergely Pászti 3 years ago
Wait, what? Why? How? ... I cannot fathom this, how could this happen at all? :D
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#2
Stone Observatory Tower Converted To A Home
#3
The Building Used For The Swimming Events At The 2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing Was Transformed Into This Dope-Looking Waterpark
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Errr... weren't they all designed for their next use? Like the athlete's village is each time a new neighourhood etc.
Eucritta 4 years ago
A good thing, too. Too many Olympic venues just sit and rot, because the communities don't have a use for them.
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Dinah Brand 4 years ago
It was built for swimming and is now being used for swimming? I bet the architect never saw it coming, lol!
Robin Virga 4 years ago
I promise the architects were thrilled- it's a perfect use for a building with multiple olympic-sized swimming pools. They MAY have suggested this future use. (Also, this structural system was a big deal at the time.)
When we think of architecture, we start picturing an entire complex process that gets to make a building from zero. But very often, architects work with what they’re already given, whether it’s defunct objects or abandoned buildings, and they have to work their way around them to give these ghosts an entirely new meaning and purpose.
Repurposed buildings also have power to revitalize communities. It often happens when industrial structures like old factories are remodeled into community centers—sites of leisure.
#4
In Germany There Is Waterpark Called Tropical Islands. It's A Literal Tropical Island Built Inside An Old Blimp Hangar
Lila Launehase 4 years ago
I've been there a few years ago and basically it's lovely. But you have this grey dome above you (at least in winter, I think in Summer they can open it a bit) and this made me a bit depressed after some time.
s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
Nope, you're right, it is literally not a tropical island.
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#5
Gas Station Greenhouse
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
You can repurpose anything with a little imagination. And a lot of money usually.
#6
My Gym Used To Be Part Of An Asylum Complex. The Pool Used To Be A Church And The Confession Booths Are Now A Sauna
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
This is why it's not always necessary to demolish old structures.
Martin Kaine 4 years ago
I was just thinking the confessional booths that gives a sinner a taste of what might be to come.
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I would join this gym in an instant just so I could enjoy the environment... It would be extra awesome if they played classical music in some of the more serene areas... Sign me up!
According to Kaelan Burkett, an author at Architizer, “repurposed buildings are not simply reincarnations of their former selves; an arts center does not have the same relationship to a community as a factory.”
“But these projects do not act as replacements or departures from what preceded them, either. When architecture is successfully repurposed, it does not hide its history, but instead becomes a relic, projecting its identity into a new age, and embodying the contradictory qualities of tradition and innovation, of preservation and progress.”
#7
Vienna Gasometers: Gas Storage Tanks First Built In 1896 And Converted Into Mixed-Use Developments Between 1995 And 2001
PetraPetraPetra 4 years ago
Yeah. And 35 years ago when it was compeltely empty, we had wild raves and clubings in one of the towers. The ground is konkav and when you had too much fun, you rolled down that indoor-hill to the wall. It was a magical location.
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Łukasz Mirosław 4 years ago
And that's how they look like when left to rot. IMGP5889-6...67dab6.jpg 
s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
Are they not structurally robust? How long does it take for them to decay like this?
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PetraPetraPetra 4 years ago
the name of the building is "ant & eagle" (I don't know why) and it is a home for students.
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Kelly Tinker 4 years ago
They should just be called "gas storage" as "-ometer" implies that they measure something which they don't. The name "gasometer", coined by the original inventor, stuck even though its misleading in the scientific world.
PetraPetraPetra 4 years ago
when they were gas tanks, they were totaly empty. inside was just a gigantic black ballon, that was filled with gas during the night, so the ballon filled the building and all windows were dark. during daytime the gas went to the users and the ballon got smaller. so you could see light through the windows and everybody knew, how big the ballon still was and how much gas was left. so: gas tank is displaying how much is inside = gasometer ... sorry for bad english! :-D
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Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
Mixed use development=where only the insanely rich can afford to live
#8
Niccolò Paganini Auditorium, Parma, Italy, An Abandoned Sugar Factory Converted Into A Concert Hall By Renzo Piano In 1996
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
I love Renzo Piano's. buildings. We have one here in Sydney and although it's not one of his more inventive designs, it's still beautiful. The Piano wing of the Pierpont Morgan library is really beautiful.
Eglė Bukauskaitė 3 years ago
Great and cost effective, but... very unattractive from the outside, sorry.
#9
This Abandoned Church Was Purchased By Skaters And Renovated Into A Dream Park
SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
Oh they've put all the art on plywood instead of painting directly on the church, that's very thoughtful
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
But how did it work with church acoustic? It must be deafening.
Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
That reminds me so much of that Tony Hawk game where you can skate inside the Sagrada Familia
Kaelan also claims that repurposing architecture is not a new concept. For example, “The Hagia Sophia has been rebuilt, redesigned and redecorated many times in its lives as a church, mosque and museum. Similarly, the Kremlin has housed many regimes since its 14th-century construction, and undergone a corresponding evolution of forms.” In such cases, the changing roles of architecture often reflect or enforce political ideologies and claims to power.
#10
My New Apartment Still Has The Original Molding From When It Was A Hotel Ballroom In 1923
#11
Dublin: An 11th Century Viking Well And Stone Under A Local Shop
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
They've done similar things in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. Many of the shops built into the city and cathedral walls have sections of glass floor that contain tombs, building foundations, cellars, and wells.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
The Rocks Youth Hostel in Sydney is like this! It's built over an historic neighbourhood/archaeological dig site, so at the bottom floor you can see everything under perspex. And up in the common room area there are display cases full of artefacts that were dug up!
Blair Andrews 4 years ago
So, in Ireland Bounty paper towels are called Plenty and Cottonelle TP is called Andrex. Got it!
#12
Stamba Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia, Designed In 2018 By Adjara Group And Located In An Old Printing House
#13
These Two UK Phone Booths Have Been Repurposed
Joey Marlin 4 years ago
I've seen a few of these used for defibrillators, have them in my village.
Laugh or not 4 years ago
That's a very good use for them : red as they are, it is difficult to miss them in any street.
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s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
Bc no one had had the heart to tell him about the conversion before!
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SunofSpringtime 4 years ago
This is neat; but I think signage should be clearer. It would be bad if someone was running to one of this looking for a defibrillator and found ATM machine instead.
#14
The Hospital I Work For Was Originally Designed To Be A Hotel
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
A vibrant change from sterile white ... I bet the patients respond better.
Cheri Aline Sydney 4 years ago
The environment is sooooo much more uplifting than the standard hospital environment... What a great use of the space!
SpongeGarPatar 4 years ago
I for the first time noticed that the word "hospital" is the bulk of the word "hospitality". I'm surprised I didn't notice it til now!
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#15
My House Turned 101 Today (Originally A 1920’s Corner Grocery)
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
I wonder how many times they had someone banging on the window asking if they are open?
Blair Andrews 4 years ago
If ya wanna see the interior.... https://haganwalker.com/2021/01/04/100years/
Toast Of Saint Louis 4 years ago
We have a lot of those here in Saint Louis and they are so cool
#16
My Town’s Library Is Under Construction, So They’re Using An Old Grocery Store As The Temporary Library
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
Bookworms, the only type of worms that you want to see in a grocery store.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
I bet they were surprised when the automatic spray went off on the former produce shelves.
Aneta Carlander 4 years ago
It probably said BREAD and they've dropped the B
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#17
This Defunct Subway Entrance Is A Working Subway Entrance
Dave P 4 years ago
still is an entrance into the real subway, see those stairs on the side, those go down an extra level. This is a "Commercial Cut Out" which is quote common in the NYC subway system and were designed that way to use the extra space are retail. THere are steps to the left and right (as you can see on the right here) that go down to the subway system. Sorry, this is someone misleading or ignorant.
#18
A Former Grain Silo In Oslo, Now Converted To Student Housing
Miriam L 4 years ago
One hopes. Better than an 'money down the drain' silo
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#19
The Grand Concourse Built In 1898. Once Train Station Is Now A Restaurant In Pittsburgh, PA
Lucy Snatchko 4 years ago
i live there and i've been to that restaurant. the food is so good and the bathrooms (at least women's?) are beautiful
K. Anderson 4 years ago
Glad they didn’t tear it down. The old Union Station in Denver had been turned into restaurants & stuff to do. It’s a cool looking building
#20
This McDonald's In New Zealand Has A Decommissioned Plane You Can Dine In
mcborge1 4 years ago
We used to have a pub in Leicester that was a boat, it was right near the centre of the city and nowhere near any water. It was called The Dry dock. fgPOuuJzZm...097313.jpg 
Diana Doležalová 4 years ago
My family owns one in the Czech Republic 🙃 90’s were a wild for ideas like this 😎
Sky Render 4 years ago
We used to have a restaurant in Milwaukie, OR called The Bomber, which actually had a dining area inside an old WW2 bomber plane. It was cool, I actually had dinner inside the plane once!
#21
A Ship's Bridge That Has Been Removed And Converted Into A House
Ian Taggart 4 years ago
Multiple salesman charged with disturbing the peace.
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Lori Batten 4 years ago
I grew up just down the street from this.... it's in Hansville WA, on the Kitsap Peninsula.
Lori Ballard 4 years ago (edited)
We have one here on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. It sits on a cliff overlooking the water.
Kim Stucky 4 years ago
When I worked on the island that was always a marker I used that the Jet Express was getting close to docking.
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Regional Coffee Chain Buys Gas Station, Uses Car Wash As Drive Through
AzKhaleesi 4 years ago
ANY coffee chain is better than the mermaid brand. ;)
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#23
Old Church Turned Into A 24/7 Pancake Restaurant
Toast Of Saint Louis 4 years ago
Are you from Saint Louis because we have an old spaghetti factory here too.
Load More Replies... Paula Gray 4 years ago
That's the Pancake Manor in Brisbane Australia. Great hangout post clubbing at 4am in the 90's.
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
dearly beloved we are gathered here today to eat pancakes and praise the maple syrup gods
Roselyn Park 4 years ago
I miss the taste of their Buttermilk and Macadamia Nut pancakes. ❤️ They also used to have board games you could play after your meal back in the late 80’s; I hope they still do.
#24
Old Bank Was Transformed Into A Hotel, They Kept The Vault As A Meeting Room
CindyLouWho1209 4 years ago
Very cool! You can't come out until you all reach a consensus. (Swings the vault door shut.)
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
how about you can't come out until you have the meeting that was scheduled instead of small talk and buzz words.
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lazy panda 4 years ago
The Westin in Minneapolis is like this as well except the vault is now a wine cellar.
engineer_nope.avi 4 years ago
Well, those secret on mini bar fridges gotta be a bit more secret, right?
Marco Conti 4 years ago
There are a few people I know that I would like to lead there... and close the door.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
Local laundromat was a bank in a past life, still has its giant vault door too
#25
This Hotel Is An Old Prison
Angrywolf 4 years ago
This is Schutterswei! Located in Alkmaar the Netherlands, Love to see a building from my home town at bored panda!
Pawel Sierpinski 4 years ago
Actually this might be malmaison hotel in oxford, but might be wrong
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anarkzie 4 years ago
This way please Mr Trump, would you like to try one of our complimentary orange jump suits.
Cheri Aline Sydney 4 years ago
I would find it verrrrrry depressing to stay in this environment... It gives me the creeps to even think about it ~ I would definitely have nightmares. : /
Mark Stewart 4 years ago
Welcome to the Bangkok Hilton Sir, you're booked in for 6-12 and we have reserved cell 23 for you. Meals are served in the dining hall at 7, 12:30 and 6, lights out at 10, have a pleasant stay.
#26
In The UK, Redundant Telephone Boxes Are Being Repurposed As Public Defibrillators
Gin 4 years ago
There are over 10,000 of these across the UK and these things save lives - I'd rather have far too many than not be able to find one if I needed it.
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#27
My Girlfriend’s Office Used To Be A Bowling Alley. The Original Lanes Are Still There
Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
What a hassle it must to have to change your shoes every time you go to work
Seabeast 4 years ago
First you have to rent a pair of sweaty two-tone shoes from reception.
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Full Name 4 years ago
Spare us the comedy. Stay in your lane, you pinhead.
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This Hotel Is Built Out Of Train Cars
#29
The Old Don Jail (1864) In Toronto Converted Into Offices For The Newly Built Hospital Beside It In 2013
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
I remember when they were doing this. They used to do executions there and they found bodies buried in a certain part of the property.
#30
Old Silo In Söderköping, Sweden, Repurposed As Housing
#31
McDonald's In The Art Deco Former "United Kingdom Hotel", Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Australia
ArchiBookworm 4 years ago
This isn't sad. If the building can't be repurposed into something commercially viable, it gets demolished and we lose that historic building. This is how preservation works, its how we save historic fabric.
VoodooGirl78 4 years ago
Ooo, this is really pretty. Nice one to save the building instead of tearing it down to build an ugly new one.
Lori Ballard 4 years ago
We had a McDonald's that used to be a bank for several years but sadly they tore it down and rebuilt it.
Katinka Min 4 years ago
The sign on top is a bit of an insult to the incredibly beautiful lines of the building. I'm surprised they were allowed to do that.
#32
These Apartments Used To Be A YMCA
Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
Haunted by the ghosts of a construction worker, soldier, police officer, cowboy, biker and native American Indian.
Virgil Blue 4 years ago
In the night sometimes the walls whisper"...young man...there's a place you can go..." and 4 mysterious runes appear when the bathroom mirror fogs up after a shower.
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Seabeast 4 years ago
I don't know of any YMCAs that still have accommodation. The main one in my previous city turned into a posh health club and the one we have here is almost the same.
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k Wetherbee 4 years ago
That's a shame, unless it was low income housing, I think a YWMA would be nice.
#33
Old Church Converted Into A Gym
Gerard Neaux 4 years ago (edited)
This is hilarious. Jeebus looks like he's flexing to pull out those irons in his hands.
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
I would enter a gym only if it was disguised as a restaurant or pastry shop and only by mistake
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#34
A Smartphone Repair Office Inside A Telephone Box North Of Holborn Station
Miriam L 4 years ago
Looks... Compact. I would not want to be the person working inside that booth all day
Ivy la Sangrienta 4 years ago
Really? I rarely came across one that didn't.
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#35
Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre: A Former Commodities Exchange With A 750-Seat Theatre 'Pod' Tucked Inside. The Theatre Opened In 1976
Seán Baron 4 years ago
I've been there many times. When the IRA bomb went off in 1996, this was nearly destroyed.
John Browning 3 years ago
*when the uk government made the decision to intentionally allow the bomb to detonate instead of defusing it, for the purpose of whipping up anti-irish sentiment in pursuit of support for their shitty policies in northern ireland at the time.
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#36
Wynnewood Barns, Once A Streetcar Barn Is Now A Community Centre/Artspace/Event Hall With Affordable Housing For Artists As Well
The dark grey lines are where the streetcar tracks used to be.
#37
This Covid-19 Testing Station In Calgary Is Inside An Old Rona Store
#38
Mills In Buffalo From Industrial Revolution Protected From Full Demolition And Converted Into Art/Public Entertainment Space
#39
Another Historic Tesco: The Perivale Store Is In The Grade II* Hoover Building, A 1933 Art Deco Masterpiece
Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
I used to drive past this all the time and thought is was an impressive building that just needed some TLC. Tesco was not the TLC I had in mind
#40
Good Morning From My New Neighborhood’s Trader Joe’s
#41
This Game Store Is A Converted Bank
engineer_nope.avi 4 years ago
The most coverted games: NWC 1990, Polybius, Poop Slingers, etc. are stored in there.
#42
Former Woolworths, Now A Walgreens. It Feels Like A Happy Accident That The Historic "W" Letter Still Works For The Building
ArchiBookworm 4 years ago
If this building is protected - the W actually can't be removed, it would be considered a primary feature of the building and is therefore itself protected.
#43
Carpet With Tracks In A Hotel In An Old Train Station
#44
This Parking Garage Was Once A Theater
Mz Phit 4 years ago
Ok, this one makes me sad... what a gorgeous space for theater! Oh well At least it wasn't demolished to make a modern car park
Sanne H. 4 years ago
Indeed. And who knows, one day it might still get a better purpose again.
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ArchiBookworm 4 years ago
While everything else on here are fairly good examples of adaptive reuse to save a building - this is not. The car fumes and exhaust will slowly destroy what is left of the detailing. Appalling.
Glynna Bowood 4 years ago
That overhanging concrete isn't support from underneath anymore so whats holding it in place?
M O'Connell 4 years ago
It's not concrete. It's a plaster veneer that was always suspended from above. Theaters often look quite solid, but their internal structure is theater itself. The ceiling hangs from the actual structural roof above. The walls were merely self-supporting 'curtains' within the overall building.
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Brooklyn Army Terminal: Was A Rail Freight Yard, Now Individual Office Spaces
Kenneth Reid 4 years ago
It's not as gloomy as you would think, I worked here for a little while and this part is not really visible if you're in the main warehouse. This is like a chase between two separate buildings.
Miriam L 4 years ago
Thanks for sharing! It's always awesome to find a comment on here with someone sharing first hand experience - it feels a little like a treasure in some way
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Annamagelic 4 years ago
With all the light coming in from above this could be a beautiful space. Clean it up, paint the walls, add a bunch of plants. As it is now is horribly dreary.
Amy Cohen 4 years ago
This is a bad photo. It's much cooler and awe inspiring in person
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Bet it is nice inside...But it looks like a scene from a dystopian movie...
Glynna Bowood 4 years ago
Would be fun to have a little electric trolley car ride along whats left of the tracks- just hop on and go for a bit!
Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
Going to work is soul destroying enough going to work in this place would eat your soul completely
#46
This Hotel's Breakfast Lounge Is Inside An Old Bank Vault
LAWLAWLAW 4 years ago
The office I work in was originally a bank built in 1865 we still have the old vault etc we also have a f**k ton of draughts in the winter noisy leaky pipes dodgy electrics (probably still the original wires) no fire exit etc and as it's a grade 2 listed building it's a major pain to have any work done, so yeah working in a really old repurposed building isn't always pretty and fun
Wilf 4 years ago
That's just bad maintenance. My office was built in the 1660s, and my house was built about 1600, and both are very comfortable. There's nothing about a building being legally protected by listing that means it cannot be updated, changed and made comfortable for modern living.
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Yeah... I don't think I'd be comfortable sitting in there if that's the only entrance. Maybe if it's welded open or something...
#47
Old Bank Turned Into McDonald's In Kristiansand, Norway
#48
The 1929 Tammany Hall Building. Once The Headquarters Of NYC’s Most Notorious Political Machine, It Has Been Converted Into Offices With A Modern Glass Addition
#49
While The Library Is Under Construction, An Old Grocery Store Is Being Used As A Temporary Library
#50
1883 Opera House Now A Market And Bakery In Florence, Kansas
#52
Former Movie Theatre, Now A Library
#53
This Old Bowling Alley Was Turned Into A Thrift Store In Canton, OH
Toni Alabakovski 4 years ago
I have lived in Stark County, OH my whole life and I didn’t know about this but I have an idea of where it is and it’s probably very much needed there.
Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
What is a “Thrift store “ is it a store/ shop for charity .
Dre Mosley 4 years ago (edited)
Just a place where you can buy used items(clothing, furniture,etc) for low prices. They are usually backed by a charity.
Load More Replies... Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
This is not a good thing. There is definitely a correlation for businesses failing and the rise of charity stores in towns and cities that are in economic decline. This should not be celebrated as a positive repurposing as it is just sad
Leodavinci 4 years ago
It's not the negative scenario you think. "Charity stores" have been in communities all over the country for decades and decades.
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#54
This School In My Town Was Transformed Into Apartments. I Think It's From The 1890s
#55
Our Locally Owned Movie Theatre Finally Gave Up And Is Becoming A Sports Bar
#56
This Old Bank Turned To CVS In Manhattan
Katelyn 4 years ago
Where I am they are the same thing (owned by the same person and are all being changed to Walgreens) and they both suck
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Armory In West Philadelphia Repurposed As US Squash National Training Center
CbusResident 4 years ago
This is near that playground where The Fresh Prince spent most of his days!
#58
Former Hot Topic Now Veterans Museum Denton, TX
#59
Hotel We Are Staying At In Newark Was Once A Bank
#61
Old Estate By My House Was Converted To A McDonald's
SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
I like the others, but this one is a little...eeh... it seems more like down-cycling than up-cycling haha
Kira Okah 4 years ago
Better a maintained McDonald's than a ruin like a lot of old estates go.
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Toni Alabakovski 4 years ago
Where is this one at? I feel like I have seen it or one similar in Summit Co, Ohio.
#62
Holy Cross Fit
Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
More churches need to be repurposed in a way that benefits humanity
#63
Urban Outfitters That Used To Be A Savings Bank - Northampton, Ma
Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
The amount of repurposed banks on this list is astounding. Why are so many closed down since in the western world Banks are the greatest recipients of public welfare (ie our tax dollars). My guess is when they take our tax dollars they shut down branches to appear to be responsible however they are just pocketing the profit for themselves
Michelle Carlson 4 years ago
A lot of smaller banks went out of business in the 80's due to teh savings and loan scandal. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sl-crisis.asp
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#65
This Little Caesars That Used To Be An Auto Shop
#67
The Scottsdale Bank Building In Connellsville, PA. The Building Originally Built For The West Penn Railway And Served As Both A Station And Offices
West Penn operated from 1904 to 1952 and was an electric interurban, or trolley line, that ran in southwestern Pennsylvania.
#68
Former Arby's In Boynton Beach, Florida, Now A Funeral Home
Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
Well if it was the other way round I would be more worried about Soylent Green?
#72
The Disney Store Of Inland Center Is Now A Furniture Store. You Can Still See The Outlines Of The Film Reels Around The Entrance, And Mickey Shapes Etched Onto The Windows
Faith Hurst 4 years ago
I haven't been in that mall in a long time, even though I work near it. No idea that Disney Store was gone.
#73
Former Pizza Hut In Albany, Oregon. Now House Of Noodle
Tim Wilson 4 years ago
I think there should be a complete article on former Pizza Huts, they have been repurposed all over the country. Kinda cool to see, and somewhat nostalgic at the same time. Reminds me of a time when meals were enjoyed a bit more and not always crowded and rushed.
#76
Starbucks In A Former Gas Station - Miami, Florida
#77
Church That Used To Be A Toys R Us In Bridgeport, WV
#78
This Old Gas Station With A Car Wash Was Converted Into A Caribou Coffee Drive Thru
#79
2-For-1: Repurposed Original Taco Bell And An Old IHOP
#80
This Drive Thru Is Inside An Old Car Wash
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What do you think ?
Brooke Weber 4 years ago
I do appreciate how they kept the original architecture and made it work. Too many times beautiful buildings are torn down to make way for blocky, bland ones.
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
I prefer to see failed pubs here in England turned into McDonald's restaurants and Tesco shops rather than having them bulldozed and uglier buildings put up...
Heather Pobicki 4 years ago
Refreshing to see especially since you see so many businesses losing leases and then building the same buildings across the street. We are so wasteful in the US
CbusResident 4 years ago
These transformations get less uplifting and more depressing as one scrolls down.
Bex 4 years ago
In my city (which is super big on local history and was settled in the mid-1600's), there's an old Citizens National Bank that was built in 1877. In 1979 it was turned into a restaurant called Freestones. They kept the old vault doors, and made the inside of the vault a semi-private dining room with only 4 tables. It's such a cool building, inside and outside.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Many of these sadden me. Theaters as parking lots, churches as gyms. (The use of Kremlin by the Soviets is perhaps the world record for cultural misappropriation.) Some seem preferable to the utter loss of a structure but barely. Some are great uses for what once was industrial blight.
jpaul 4 years ago
in France they use Bordeaux old german uboot base for art exibits. like Hitler bunker, the thing would be just too costly to destroy (https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0xd5528f48803414b%3A0x4cef388c969254b7!3m1!7e115!4s%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2Fbordeaux%2Buboot%2Bshelter%2F%4044.8707716%2C-0.5599891%2C3a%2C75y%2C135.92h%2C90t%2Fdata%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211sTmjrpFwTMuOQP1JhLvwHfw*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0xd5528f48803414b%3A0x4cef388c969254b7%3Fsa%3DX!5sbordeaux%20uboot%20shelter%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sTmjrpFwTMuOQP1JhLvwHfw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl4qTo7cTxAhWO4YUKHRYnB5sQpx8wG3oECFsQCA)
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago (edited)
The main commercial art gallery (commercial gallery, not commercial art) in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC is The Torpedo Factory. It was built as a munitions factory, immediately after WW1, and after WW2 became a documents repository.
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Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
I went to this restaurant that used to be a bank. Now the vault is just used for storage I guess, but the door looks super cool.
Brooke Weber 4 years ago
I do appreciate how they kept the original architecture and made it work. Too many times beautiful buildings are torn down to make way for blocky, bland ones.
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
I prefer to see failed pubs here in England turned into McDonald's restaurants and Tesco shops rather than having them bulldozed and uglier buildings put up...
Heather Pobicki 4 years ago
Refreshing to see especially since you see so many businesses losing leases and then building the same buildings across the street. We are so wasteful in the US
CbusResident 4 years ago
These transformations get less uplifting and more depressing as one scrolls down.
Bex 4 years ago
In my city (which is super big on local history and was settled in the mid-1600's), there's an old Citizens National Bank that was built in 1877. In 1979 it was turned into a restaurant called Freestones. They kept the old vault doors, and made the inside of the vault a semi-private dining room with only 4 tables. It's such a cool building, inside and outside.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Many of these sadden me. Theaters as parking lots, churches as gyms. (The use of Kremlin by the Soviets is perhaps the world record for cultural misappropriation.) Some seem preferable to the utter loss of a structure but barely. Some are great uses for what once was industrial blight.
jpaul 4 years ago
in France they use Bordeaux old german uboot base for art exibits. like Hitler bunker, the thing would be just too costly to destroy (https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0xd5528f48803414b%3A0x4cef388c969254b7!3m1!7e115!4s%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2Fbordeaux%2Buboot%2Bshelter%2F%4044.8707716%2C-0.5599891%2C3a%2C75y%2C135.92h%2C90t%2Fdata%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211sTmjrpFwTMuOQP1JhLvwHfw*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0xd5528f48803414b%3A0x4cef388c969254b7%3Fsa%3DX!5sbordeaux%20uboot%20shelter%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sTmjrpFwTMuOQP1JhLvwHfw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl4qTo7cTxAhWO4YUKHRYnB5sQpx8wG3oECFsQCA)
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago (edited)
The main commercial art gallery (commercial gallery, not commercial art) in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC is The Torpedo Factory. It was built as a munitions factory, immediately after WW1, and after WW2 became a documents repository.
Load More Replies... Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
I went to this restaurant that used to be a bank. Now the vault is just used for storage I guess, but the door looks super cool.
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