Apartment building at Humlegardsgatan in Stockholm, Sweden. New zoning plans prohibited apartments at the street, which forced the tenants out and the demolition of the building in 1966. It was replaced by a seven-story office building.

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Constructed as an apartment building in the early 1880s next to Stockholm’s Central Station, it was altered over the years and at some point stripped of all facade decorations. It was ultimately demolished in 1982 for the completion of Klarabergsviadukten. A hotel was built on the site in 1984.

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The headquarters of the Austrian military located on Universitatsstraße in Vienna was constructed in between 1871-74 and escaped WW2 with only minor damage. It was nevertheless demolished in the 1950s and replaced by the university building ’Neues Institutsgebaude’.

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Villa Hallnas in Sundsvall, Sweden, was constructed in 1883 by a local dentist who named it after the town where his father was a dean. It was well-preserved and in good condition when it was acquired by eminent domain in 2015, and was ultimately demolished this month.

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The Workers Association House at Jarntorget (Iron Square) in Gothenburg, Sweden. The slightly darker part in the bottom left corner was completed in 1874, the rest in 1909. Demolished in 1955.

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School building in Vaxjo, Sweden, photograped a snowy day in the mid 1910s. Completed in 1889, demolished in 1966 due to the proximity to the nearby hospital. A two-story parking garage was later built on the site.

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Exactly 50 years ago, on the morning of June 13, 1970, Hotel Continental in Gothenburg, Sweden was demolished by dynamite. The hotel Scandic Europa now occupies the lot.

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Gothenburg, Sweden. The French Quarter on the main boulevard Kungsportsavenyen was built between 1875-78, the cornerhouses were demolished in 1937-38 and the rest in 1969.

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