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 […]
Pearl Monument

Manama, Bahrain
Demolished 2011
Penn Station

Disappointed Tourist: Penn Station, New York, New York, USA
Demolished 1963
Place de la Bastille Metro Station

Paris, France
Demolished 1965
Public Hall

Worcester, England, UK
Demolished 1966
Ramsgate Hoverport

Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
Demolished 1987
Reading Street Dutch Gables

Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK
Demolished 1950s
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.
Richborough Power Station

Richborough, Kent, England, UK
Demolished 2012
Riverview

Roscoe Village, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Demolished 1967
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 […]
Rockaways Playland

Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, USA
Closed 1964
St. Lambertus

Immerath, Nord-Rhein Westfalen, Germany
Demolished 2018
Sands Hotel and Casino

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Closed 1996
Sanctuario de Santa Lucia

Venice, Italy
Demolished 1861
Savoy Ballroom

New York, New York, USA
Closed 1958, demolished 1959
Shell Garden by Sidney Dowdeswell

Hindlip, Worcestershire, England, UK Demolished 1980s There is a film about the shell garden. It’s this clip that stuck in my mind. I saw it as a child. He’d spent 40 years on it in 1962. It also demonstrates the possibilities of cement. You can mould concrete like jelly when you know how. The porcelain […]
Ship Inn

Margate, Kent, England, UK
Demolished 2003
Sophia Booth’s House

Margate, Kent, England, UK
Date of Destruction Unknown
Sundeck

Margate, Kent, England, UK
Demolished 1990
Sutro Baths

San Francisco, California, USA
Demolished 1964
Valentine’s Park Lido

Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Demolished 1995
Wembley Stadium

London, England, UK
Demolished 2002
Wigancice Żytawskie / Weigsdorf

Poland Demolished 1999 The picturesque village of Wigancice Żytawskie / Weigsdorf in Poland was demolished to make way for a coal mine. There are calls for its reconstruction. The village of Wigancice Żytawskie doesn’t exist physically since 1999, when it was liquidated as a result of the expansion of the Turów coal mine. Officially the […]