Idora Park
Oakland, California, USA Demolished 1929 Idora Park was an amusement park constructed by The Realty Syndicate in 1904 in Ayala Park and leased by the Ingersoll Pleasure and Amusement Park Co. In addition to several roller coasters, the park also had a zoo, an ostrich farm, animal shows, a dance hall, a racetrack, an outdoor amphitheater, […]
Ireland’s Rainforests
Ireland Logged According to the Irish Agriculture and Development Authority, until 6,000 years ago when the first Neolithic farmers arrived in Ireland, the island was almost completely covered with forest. These farmers cleared the land and over the next 3,500 years, the resulting layers of dead vegetation formed the bogs for which Ireland is now […]
Kenure House
Rush, Ireland Demolished 1978 Kenure House was a large Georgian house and estate in Rush, County Dublin, Ireland. The main house was constructed between 1703 and 1713 by the Duke of Ormond but rebuilt in 1827 after a fire. A portico and further additions were added in 1842 to a design by George Papworth. In […]
Key Food
Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, USA Closed This supermarket was located at 120 Fifth Avenue in the Park Slope district of Brooklyn. It closed in 2021 and was subsequently demolished. The site is currently being developed. Plan for the site include a Lidl discount grocery on the ground floor and affordable housing above. When my […]
Kim’s Video
New York, New York, USA Closed 2014 Kim’s Video and Music were a group of video and music retail stores in and around New York City, known for their esoteric titles and knowledgeable if haughty staff. The owner, Yongman Kim, opened the first location inside his laundromat at 85 Avenue A. There was a second store at […]
Layton Art Gallery
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Demolished The Layton Art Gallery was built by Frederick Layton (1827 – 1919), an English-American businessman, philanthropist and art collector, who immigrated to the Wisconsin Territory with his father in 1843. He played a major role in the creation of Milwaukee’s meat packing industry and established a trans-Atlantic business exporting his meat products to Great […]
Madison Square Garden II
New York, New York, USA Demolished 1926 The second Madison Square Garden was a Manhattan indoor arena that replaced the first Madison Square Garden. It was designed by noted architect Stanford White, who was murdered there in 1906 by millionaire Harry Thaw over his affair with Thaw’s wife, the actress Evelyn Nesbit. Although the Garden hosted […]
Maltepe Süreyya Beach
Instanbul, Turkey Filled-in 1980s This was a beloved beach outside of Istanbul. The city approved plans to fill in the beach in 1976 and since the 1980s the little pavilion has been flanked by streets and traffic. This painting is based on an uncredited photograph. This was a meeting point for young people’s summer joy […]
Masonic Temple Building
Chicago, Illinois, USA Demolished 1939 The Masonic Temple Building was an early Chicago skyscraper designed by the firm of Burnham and Root, completed in 1892. With 21 stories, it was the tallest building in the city until the 1920s. It was the home office of the Knights Templars and Masons Life Indemnity Company and some of […]
Megatron
Alconbury, UK Demolished Megatron was a space-themed restaurant founded by Danny Blundell in 1990, who hoped that the restaurant would be the first of a franchise. The building was designed by designed by architect Graham Campbell to resemble a UFO. Inside, innovative touchscreen computers allowed people to make their orders and there were regular laser […]
Michelsberg Synagogue
Wiesbaden, German Arson 1938 This synagogue was built by the architect Philipp Hoffman for the progressive Reform Jewish congregation of Wiesbaden, opening in 1869. It was burned down in 1939 as part of the Nazi Kristallnacht attack on Jewish communities throughout Germany. A memorial was erected on the site in 2011 that shows the outline […]
Milwaukee Exposition Building
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Burned 1905 The Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Building opened in 1881 as one of Milwaukee’s most spectacular buildings. Designed by Walter Holbrook of E. Townsend Mix Architects, the structure was a myriad of arches, windows, and spires and housed such varied spaces as a 6,000 seat music hall, a bicycle track, a fish […]
OK House
Kilkenny, Ireland Closed The OK House is located at 63 High Street in Kilkenny and used to be the site of Griffin Newsagents. It is currently home to the NCBI Charity Shop. The painting is based on an uncredited vintage photograph. Submitted by Anon.
Old Man of the Mountain
Franconia, New Hampshire, USA Collapsed 2003 For me the collapse of the Old Man of the Mountain represented a poignant intersection of historical and geologic time. The attempt to affix the human image to the landscape became in this case a demonstration of our impermanence as a species. Mark M. Here is an idea for […]
Olive Grove
Taqou, Palestine Bulldozed 2019 Of the many tragedies of the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, the one that is often forgotten are the trees. When the Israeli government takes Palestinian olive groves to make illegal settlements or re-draw the map, swallowing up more and more territory, they often just draw a line through a […]
Olympic Ski Jump
Kyiv, Ukraine Demolished The jump in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv located in a park next to the Olympic Stadium. But the most special with this jump is its in run tower which stands free and is just held by small cables – a worldwide unique construction. Unfortunately, the hill used to be an example of the […]
Palace of Be’al Geubri
Yeah, Ethiopia Ruined It shouldn’t be forgotten. Anon. The Palace of Be’al Geubri (Grat Be’al Geubri) was built in the 8th century BC in Yeah, the first capital city of Ethiopia. It was a multi-storey palace, constructed in wood-stone architecture. It is the largest known timber-framed building in East Africa and South Arabia and the oldest […]
Palace of Depression
Vineland, New Jersey, USA Destroyed I love visionary architecture and I love the idea of taking things that people have cast off and making something beautiful with them. The builder, George Daynor, was something of a cast-off himself, and building the Palace seemed to be a transformational experience of renewal for him. My favorite feature […]
The Parthenon
Athens, Greece Damaged and looted 1803 I think the Elgin Marbles should be returned to complete the Parthenon. Tobias C. Also requested by Dillon C. The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena located on the Acropolis in Athens. Construction took place between 447 BC and 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued afterwards. It […]
Paulinerkirche
Augustplatz, Leipzig, German Demolished 1968 During our student days from 1957 to 1963 we were members of the Leipzig University Choir (“Unichor”), whose home was the University Church of St. Pauli. In addition to smaller musical tasks in the university services and the cultivation of the works of Heinrich Schütz, the motets, oratorios and passions […]
Philadelphia Art Club
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Demolished Submitted by Anon. The Art Club of Philadelphia, generally known as the Philadelphia Art Club, was a club founded in 1887 to “advance the knowledge and love of the Fine Arts.” 27-year-old Frank Miles Day won the competition to design its building in 1888.It functioned as a social hub for member artists […]
Powerscourt House
County Wicklow, Ireland Burned 1974 I gave the submission for Powerscourt House because I would have loved to have seen the paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds that were lost to the tragic fire in 1974. In particular these paintings had once been loaned to Sir Hugh Lane at one time for an exhibition and a letter […]
Regent Cinema
Kilkenny, Ireland Closed 1998 & Demolished The classic! Anon. The Regent Cinema was a theater in Kilkenny City that opened in 1947 as the “New Cinema.” It was renamed the “Regent in 1951 and closed in 1998. It was demolished a year later and replaced with a block of flats and a clinic.
Robin Hood Gardens
London, England, UK Partially demolished 2017 Requested by Daniel A. Robin Hood Gardens is a residential estate in Poplar, London. It was designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972. It was built as a council housing estate and was notable for its “streets in the sky” design. The building fell […]