The Bastille
Paris, France
Demolished 1790
Bavinger House
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Demolished 2016
Birmingham Central Library
Birmingham, England, UK
Demolished 1974
Bonwit-Teller
New York, New York, USA
Demolished 1980
The Brown Derby
Los Angeles, California, USA
Demolished 1980
Christchurch Greyfriars
London, England, UK Bombed 1940 The Disappointed Tourist: Christchurch Greyfriars, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18″ (61 x 46 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Christchurch Greyfriars, also known as Christchurch Newgate Street, located in London opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral, was a church built to the design of Sir Christopher Wren to […]
Cup & Saucer
New York, New York, USA
Closed 2006
Dharahara Tower
Kathmandu, Nepal
Earthquake 2015
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Demolished 1960
Ferhat Pasha Mosque
Banja Luka, Bosnia
Blown-up 1993
Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace
Los Angeles, California, USA Closed 1981 Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace was converted from a bowling alley into a roller rink in 1979, becoming a brief sensation for its live bands and celebrity guest list. An episode of Charlies Angels (Angels on Skates) was filmed there in 1979. It closed in 1981 and today the building […]
Forestry Building
Portland, Oregon, USA
Burned 1964
Grand Hotel
Cromer, Norfolk, England, UK
Burned 1969
Great Synagogue
Warsaw, Poland
Blown-up 1943
Grenfell Tower
London, England, UK
Burned 2017
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow, Scotland, UK Burned 2019 The Glasgow School of Art’s Building (affectionately known as “The Mack”), was designed by Charles Rennie Mackinstosh and was completed in 1909 for what was then knowns as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 2014, the building was severely damaged by fire and work on its restoration was almost […]
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima, Japan
Atomic Bomb 1945
Imperial Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
Demolished 1968
Laurelton Hall
Laurel Hollow, Long Island, New York, USA
Burned 1957
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 […]
Margate Pier
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Destroyed by Storm 1978
Martin Tower
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Demolished 2019
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 […]
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 […]