2163 best r/lost_architecture images on Pholder | Los Angeles in 1918 nothing here survived to the present day.

Los Angeles in 1918 nothing here survived to the present day.

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The Old London Bridge was the longest inhabited bridge in Europe

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The Crooked House, a pub located in Staffordshire, England. Built in 1765, destroyed by fire on August 5th 2023.

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The Royal Opera House in Valletta, Malta (1911). Built in 1866, it was destroyed in World War II from a direct hit by Luftwaffe bombers

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2000 Year old N6 Pyramid in Sudan which was demolished in the 1800’s by an Italian treasure hunter

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Kowloon walled city: this former military base turned into china’s tightest city, it was demolished in 1994

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Times Square (1919) Before all the renovations and billboards.

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Neue Elbbrucke Bridge From 1887-1959 In Hamburg, Germany

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Ludgate Hill, London. Late 1800’s. Bombed in WW2 replaced with modern architecture.

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2240 N. Burling St. in Chicago. Built c. 1872, this historic Chicago Fire era home was demolished on 4/24/2023 to become a side yard for the millionaire next door neighbor.

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A photo I’ve never seen of Cliff House before. San Fran, photographed in 1906

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A theater in Shau Kei Wan district, Hong Kong, circa 1910 / fate unknown but undoubtedly lost.

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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, located in Borki, near Kharkov in the Russian Empire (modern-day Kharkiv, Ukraine). Pictured in 1894. It was destroyed during the Second World War.

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Skete of All Saints, Ukraine (Largest wooden church in Ukraine, burned down 2022)

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Ever wondered what the flatiron building in NY replaced?

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World Trade Center. New York City, USA. Built in 1973, destroyed in 2001

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Reconstruction of Old Sarum, England. Beginning life as an Iron Age hill fort, this town was a major urban center from around 1000 until the 1200s, when most of its populace moved to the nearby city of Salisbury. Only a handful of ruins remain today.

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Church in La Jalca, Peru. Built in 1538, collapsed today in an earthquake

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Pavilion at Banff National Park at Canada by Frank Lloyd Wright, Built in 1913, Demolished in 1939 due to flood in 1933.

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Front Avenue from atop Burnside Bridge, looking South in Portland, Oregon, 1939. Shortly before these buildings were demolished for the construction of Harbor Drive.

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Hiroshima Childrens' Library by Kenzo Tange, (1953)

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Paris 1900's World Fair

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Gasworks, Tegel, Berlin / built circa 1905, closed 1953, replaced by apartments.

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Park Hotel Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Built in 1890 and was lost to a fire in 1907.

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Phillis Wheatley Elementary School (1954), New Orleans; mid-century modern, cantilevered truss; architect Charles Colbert received national design awards but teachers criticized the large windows for distracting students; survived the floodwaters of Katrina but never reopened; demolished 2011.

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Robert Taylor Homes at Chicago, IL. Built in 1962, It provide 4,415 homes for unemployed and single-parent low income families. After its demolition in 2007, 2,000 homes were lost in the new redevelopment scheme.

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Culver House in St. Louis. Demolished 7/19/22 for symphony hall expansion

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Mapo Apartment Complex at Seoul, South Korea. Inspired by ideas of Le Corbusier, It was Built in 1964 as the first apartment complex in South Korea. Demolished in 1991 for newer apartment complex.

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1800s painting of Vienna. The city would dramatically change its appearance later in the last part of the 19th century.

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St. Louis in the 1870s. Blue indicates the only buildings still standing

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City Hall of Galveston, Texas. Built in 1888 and demolished in 1966.

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Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago

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The houses that stood atop the Pont Notre-Dame, Paris, built in the beginning of the 16th century. The houses were razed for sanitary purposes and because of the danger the structures caused to the bridge's stability.

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Park Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota. Built in 1890 and demolished in 1936.

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Derwent Hall. Built in 1672 in Derbyshire, England and destroyed in 1944 when it and the nearby village were submerged by the creation of an artificial water reservoir.

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Scale models of four London city gates (Moorgate, Newgate, Aldgate, Cripplegate). All demolished between 1761 - 1770.

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Nahavand Castle in Nahavand, Iran. Built during the Sassanian era (224–651 AD), it was demolished in the late 1800s because the Shah believed there was treasure hidden underneath.

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The Copenhagen Stock Exchange 1600s - 4/16/24. Lost due to fire yesterday.

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Horticultural Hall, Boston (1865-1901): neoclassical design, top floor was a grand exhibition hall with 27' ceilings.

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Minoru Yamasaki, “World Trade Center,” New York City, New York, 1973 - Destroyed 2001 - Beautiful piece of modernist architecture designed by an Asian-American architect.

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Jacob Dangler House, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, c. 1897 - 2022

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Northern Gate of Old City of Shanghai, dismantled 1912.

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Howe Residence, Spencer, Massachusetts. Birthplace of three inventors: William Howe (truss bridge), Tyler Howe (box-spring bed), and Elias Howe, Jr. (sewing machine). 18th-century vernacular colonial with two-story addition. Lost circa 1910.

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Kelvin Flats in Sheffield, UK by J.L. Womersley and W.L. Clunie. Built in 1967, fully demolished in 1995.

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Toshiba IHI Hall for 1970 Osaka Expo by Kishi Kurokawa. Demolished after the Expo.

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A fascinating view of Wurzburg's baroque old town which was heavily destroyed on March 16th 1945 by a British RAF air raid

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Color photo of Penn Station in 1963 just prior to demolition.

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574 Fifth Avenue, New York, many say it was built in 1940 but it was actually built 1879. Demolished in late 2020.

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Medieval town of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. Once one of the most picturesque and pristine Late Medieval towns in Europe. Destroyed on March 22nd, 1945, one month before the War's end

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The Bussey Institution, Boston, a school for agriculture and horticulture. Gothic Revival, built in 1870 of Roxbury pudding-stone. Razed in 1971 after being damaged by fire, site now part of Arnold Arboretum.

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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, located in Borki, near Kharkov in the Russian Empire (modern-day Kharkiv, Ukraine). Pictured in 1894. It was destroyed during the Second World War.

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Everything in this photo was destroyed - Skopje, North Macedonia before the 1963 earthquake

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Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland. Constructed in 13th century the Castle was in use till 1690s after which it was abandoned because of portions of walls collapsing down the cliff. Soon after that most of the castle was scavenged to serve as materials for nearby buildings

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When the Singer Building ruled over Lower Manhattan. Much is gone.

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Peter Robinson's Department Store at London, UK. Built in 1959, Demolished in 1990s.

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Salt Lake City Brewing Company, Utah (1912). Demolished around the late '30s - early '40s.

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The City Investing Building by Francis Kimball, New York City, USA

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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)

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Danver state hospital . Built by in 1871 and mostly demolished in 2006

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Oklahoma City State Capitol Bank built in 1962, complete with a conversation pit elevator! since remodeled

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Ornate mansion on Bunker hill, Los Angeles, CA. Built in the late 1800s and demolished in the 1940s-1960s.

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This crane stood atop the unfinished Cologne cathedral from 1511 until 1868.

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Brad's Soda Shoppe, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts / Operated 1930-1975, demolished in 1979 to be replaced by a hotel.

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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.

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William A. Clark House, New York City. Construction started in 1897 and the mansion was completed in 1911. It was razed in 1927 to make way for apartments.

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none of the buildings in the foreground exist today.

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The Baths of Diocletian, 298 AD. A couple of walls are left, still impressive.

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The Boston Coliseum, aka Temple Of Peace, a temporary concert hall constructed to host the 1869 National Peace Jubilee celebrating the end of the Civil War. Ticket sales for the 5-day musical extravaganza covered the entire costs with excess funds distributed to disabled soldiers, widows and orphans

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Sheraton Landmark Hotel and revolving restaurant in Vancouver. Opened in 1973 - Demolished in 2019.

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Denver 1880s: None of the buildings in this photo have survived to the present day

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The last surviving timbered house in Dublin, demolished in 1812

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Charles E. Nelson House Dufur, Oregon. One of the Most Widely Photographed Houses in the State. Built in Late 1800s, Burned Down in Wildfire in 2018.

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Aultman/Harter mansion. Second Empire wonderfulness!!!!! Demolished in the 50s. Insane

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A street in St. Louis that doesn’t exist anymore

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Ancient Egyptian fortress of Buhen - Lost to the Aswan Dam (Lake Nasser)

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The old interior of Penn Station in New York, Pre-1963

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Guardian Savings and Trust Building, 322-326 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio / J. Milton Dyer, Architect. Built 1904, now lost.

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Monroe palace in Rio de Janeiro. Built in 1906 and destroyed in 1976

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Foyer of the municipal theater of Santiago, Chile. 1906 - 1925

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