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Just clearing away the rubble now. The 15-floor Grosvenor opened in 1966 to coincide with World Cup football matches being held in Sheffield. At one time it was the city’s only four-star hotel, and hosted celebrities and royalty, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, Charles and Diana, in plush surroundings boasting 102 bedrooms, a ballroom, restaurant, bar and function room. Boxing matches also took place there! It was closed in 2009 and demolished January - March 2017 as part of the new £480 million Sheffield Retail Quarter development.
This is a Pratt St NSP property in Omaga, NE during construction. The City of Omaha is a recipient of NSP funds from the State of Nebraska’s $19.6 million allocation. This property was a foreclosed and vacant property that was purchased by the City of Omaha. The City of Omaha demolished the property with NSP funds and is partnering with Omaha Habitat for Humanity to construct a new home, which is designed to fit in well with the site and surroundings. Once the property is complete it will be sold to a household who is at or below 50% of the area median income.
Photo Credit: Don Seten, City of Omaha
Photo Courtesy of: Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Flickr Photo no.1000 - taken 7 Oct 2004
Reflection of Sheaf House (now demolished) in new glasswall inside Sheffield Station. A poignant photo as Sheaf House was the reason I came to Sheffield to complete a college coursework project for System, a company that used to be on the 5th floor - and now its gone, so has the job and the company!
No 5, Brampton Road, Bexleyheath,
The Adult Education Centre during demolition.
Taken 1st June 2009.
Wieża Ratuszowa (Rathausturm, Town Hall Tower, Beffroi de l'Hôtel de Ville, Torre del Antiguo Ayuntamiento de Cracovia, Torre del Municipio), built 13th century, the rest of the main building demolished in 1820 (Rynek Główny - Main Market)
History of Kraków
First indications of the existence of Krakow approximately stem from the 7th century. In the next following centuries the tribe of Vistulans (Wislanie) populated Krakow, after they centuries ago in the as "Lesser Poland" or Malopolska known region had settled down. From the year 965 stems the first document from Krakow, as Abraham ben Jacob of Cordova, a Jewish merchant, in his book referred to the trading center of Krakow.
In 1000, the Diocese of Krakow was founded and in 1038 declared capital of the Piast dynasty. The Wawel castle and several churches were built in the 11th century and thus the town rapidly grew. 1241 the Mongols invaded the city and burned down Krakow without exception. 1138 Krakow became the seat of the senior prince. 1257 Kraków was awarded its town charter and a city map was drawn up, which remained until today. This one included the arrangement of the checkerboard street configuration with a centrally located market. On the market following the seat of the city government was built. From the historical trading functions until today only the Cloth Halls remained. But on the market not only trade agreements were closed but also courtly and urban festivities celebrated. Furthermore, the urban center served for executions. The defensive walls were built, which surrounded the city and linked it to the Wawel. In the south of Wawel Castle in 1335 the city of Kazimierz was created. By Royal command it was surrounded by defense walls and the churches of St. Catherine, of Corpus Christi and the "Na Skalce" were built. End of the 15th century, Jews settled the later Cracow district. 1364 the Cracow Academy of King Kazimierz Wielki was founded, the famous Polish Jagellonen-University.
With the last king of Jagellonian dynasty, Krakow flourished. The Wawel castle was rebuilt in Renaissance style, the well known Zygmunt chapel was built and the Cloth Halls as well as the patrician houses have been restored. During the reign of King Sigismund III. Vasa the baroque style received introduction in Krakow. The Baroque University Church of St. Anne and the Church of Saints Peter and Paul were built in this period. In 1607 Warsaw was declared headquarters of the King, but Krakow retained its title of the Royal capital. Furthermore, it remained the place of coronations and funerals. Middle of the 17th century, the city was devastated by the Swedes, what at the beginning of the 18th century was produced again.
After the first partition of Poland, Krakow became a frontier town. Austria declared the settlement Podgorze separated city. After the second division in 1794, began the Polish national uprising. After its decline and the third partition of Poland the town fell to the Austrians, which on Wawel Hill caused numerous devastations and adapted buildings to the wishes and needs of the Army. 1809 Cracow was affiliated to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. After the defeat of Napoleon, Krakow in the Vienna Convention of 1815 was declared Free City of Kraków. Then the remains of folk hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko and of Prince Jozef Poniatowski were brought back to the city. 1820-1823 on the rise of St. Bronislava a hill in honor of the leader of the popular uprising was built. Instead of the city walls, which were largely destroyed, they laid out supporting beams. 1846 Krakow lost its independence and the Austrians erected again on the Wawel barracks and they surrounded the Wawel with fortification complexes. However, Austria but has proved less tyrannical and so the city enjoyed a certain degree of growing cultural and political freedom. 1918 Krakow became the independence back.
Before the outbreak of the Second World War, in Krakow lived about 260,000 inhabitants, of which 65,000 belonged to the Jewish religion. During the war, also Krakow became witness of German war crimes. The for the greater part Jewish district of Kazimierz was eradicated. The Jews from now on lived in ghettos where they either were deported from there to Auschwitz or immediately shot. In spite of the plundering of the Nazis, Krakow became no scene for military combat operations and thus the only large Polish town escaping this fate. Therefore, its old architecture still almost completely is intact.
After the surrender of Germany and the Polish liberation, hastened the Communist government to inspire the traditional life and the city with a large steel plant in Nowa Huta. But the intensive rebuilding of the economy and industry rather promoted an ecological disaster. Buildings that had survived the war undamaged were now devoured and destroyed by acid rain and toxic gases. Carbon dioxide emissions grew so powerful that this has remained a serious and grave problem of the city. After the fall of the Communists and the fall of the Iron Curtain Krakow has benefited greatly from tourism and has adapted itself to a large extent to the Western culture.
Prince of Hamburgers, located on Lemmon Avenue in Dallas Texas. Demolished! This photo was taken not to long before it was razed. Already stripped of its sign & canopies. The sign was sold to a collector, at least. The Prince was the oldest Car Hop hamburger place that was still in business. It opened in 1927 & closing in 2005. It was demolished in 2006... Today, Nothing remains...
Photo Taken: June 14 2005
Photo Taken By: Randy A. Carlisle
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A selection of buildings near the old State Theatre and Revelation Baptist Church. These buildings, located on Central Avenue, Bauer Avenue, and Wade Street, are a small fragment that remains of the old West End that was cleared wholesale by urban renewal in the 1960s. Today, these buildings house predominately low-income families and individuals, and are located in close proximity to the revitalized portion of Over-the-Rhine. The generally good condition of these buildings does make them worthy of preservation, while the amount of vacant lots, suburban-style throwaway (largely industrial) buildings, and parking lots in the immediate surroundings are ripe for redevelopment that can capitalize on its proximity to Music Hall and OTR. Hopefully these buildings get the attention they deserve and are preserved, as no protection is currently extended to them.
The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. 1951, Galaxy Publishing Corporation. This is the 1996 reprint by Byron Preiss/Random House. Cover art by Evan Gaffney.
Built between 1879 and 1882, this American Florentine Revival-style building was the former royal palace for the Kingdom of Hawaii, designed by Thomas J. Baker, Charles J. Wall, and Isaac Moore for King David Kalākaua. The palace was the home of the monarchs of the Kingdom of Hawaii between 1882 and 1893, the executive building of the provisional government and Republic of Hawaii from 1893 until 1898, the capitol building of the Territory of Hawaii from 1898 until 1959, and the capitol building of the State of Hawaii from 1959 until 1969. During its time as a territorial and state capitol, the building was altered and renovated, removing or neglecting several original features, enclosing parts of the lanais that encircle the building’s exterior, adding additional office space outside of the building’s original footprint, and replacing some of the original windows with french doors. The building replaced an earlier ‘Iolani Palace, a western-style structure with elements reminiscent of the Greek Revival style and Creole cottages in the United States, which stood on the same site, and was built in 1844-45. The earlier palace was an aliʻi, which featured no sleeping quarters, but included a dining room, throne room, and a reception room, being only about ⅓ the size of the present building. The previous building had similarities to the present structure, including a raised lanai wrapping around the entire structure, with a hipped roof, a doric colonnade, large windows, and separate homes on the grounds where the royal family lived and slept. By 1874, when King David Kalākaua ascended to power, the original palace, built of wood was in poor condition, and in 1879, the building was demolished and construction began on the present palace. Inspired by knowledge of European royal palaces and architecture, the palace features four corner towers and towers on the front and rear facades, which all feature mansard roofs topped with cornices and cresting, arched double-hung windows, quoins, decorative relief panels, circular medallions on the arched and circular roof dormers, and flagpoles atop each mansard roof. Between the towers and on the second and third floors of the front and rear towers are lanais on the first and second floors of each side of the building, with staircases to the entrances on the front and rear at the foot of the towers, corinthian columns supporting arches, decorative balustrades, iron railings on the second floor, large windows and door openings with decorative trim surrounds, decorative tile floors, decorative ceilings, a cornice above, and a decorative railing wrapping the base of the building’s large low-slope and hipped roof. Underneath the lanais and enclosed spaces of the second and third floors of the palace is the basement, which is surrounded by a light well, with access provided to exterior entrances on the sides of the building via staircases. Inside, the palace has a layout with large rooms on either side of a central hallway on the first and second floors, which are linked via a large grand staircase, with the first floor hallway known as the Grand Hall. On one side of the Grand Hall is the throne room, taking up the entirety of this part of the first floor, with a dressing room behind the thrones, while on the other side of the Grand Hall is the Blue Room, a reception hall, and the State Dining Room, with a bathroom, and butler’s pantry between the State Dining Room and the Grand Hall. On the second floor, the hallway features a ceiling with two decorative medallions on either side of a central stained glass dome, with the room where Queen Liliʻuokalani was imprisoned for 9 months following the second of the Wilcox rebellions in 1895 sitting on the ocean-facing side of this end of the building, with a restroom and closet between this room and the Queen’s Bedroom. All bedrooms on this floor are linked via diagonal hallways to the second floor rooms in the corner towers, which are utilized as small sitting rooms. On the opposite side of the hallway is the King’s Bedroom, King’s Office, and Music Room, as well as an additional bathroom. In the basement, the building is split by two hallways that intersect at the base of the basement stairs, running between the building’s service areas, including the kitchen, as well as administrative offices for the Kingdom of Hawaii, with most of the space now mostly housing exhibits and display cases. The interior of the building features extensive detailing and decoration that was restored after the building ceased being utilized as the State Capitol in 1969, including grand carved and reproduction staircases and balusters, decorative plaster ceilings with medallions, decorative crown moulding, carved wood doors and trim, wood floors, bathrooms with built-in water closets, sinks, bathtubs, and showers, period appropriate light fixtures, as well as period and reproduction furnishings and pieces of art that were in the building during the Kingdom of Hawaii period. The palace was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Following the completion of the Hawaii State capitol in 1969, a 9-year restoration program was carried out on the palace, with the palace opening in 1978 as a museum, run by the nonprofit organization Friends of ʻIolani Palace, that preserves the structure and tells the story of the Hawaiian Royal family who once resided and ruled from the palace, as well as allowing for visitors to admire the beautiful restored and preserved details of the interior and exterior of the building. On January 17, 1993, a vigil was held on the grounds of the palace, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii by a group consisting of primarily white American businessmen, deposing the monarchy that had ruled the kingdom from 1795 until 1893. The grounds of the palace features restored landscaping intended to show what the palace looked like at the time of its completion, and the relocated ‘Iolani Barracks that once stood on the present site of the present state capitol, which now sits to the northeast of the main palace. The building is the only former royal Palace in the United States, and sits in the middle of park-like grounds surrounded by state, federal, and local government buildings in the heart of Downtown Honolulu.
Chick-fil-A #583 (4,358 square feet)
12128 Jefferson Avenue, Yoder Plaza, Newport News, VA
This location opened on December 19th, 1996. It closed on January 12th, 2020, was demolished shortly after, and was rebuilt and reopened on July 2nd, 2020.
Demolished McDonald's, 80th and Wadsworth, Arvada, Colorado. It's being replaced by a new store. This one opened in the early 1970's.
The collision knocked over and crumbled many of the panels.
Others were severely charred in the resulting fire.
Demolishing Stourbridge baths - the old outdoor pool can be seen. I think I took this from the multi-story car park opposite (by the pelican crossing), which I believe is the one in this photo (if you're into such things!). I think this was around 1987 as I was at King Edwards College at the time.
This is the old Chief Motel, located along Paint Town Road (US Highway 19) on the Cherokee Reservation in North Carolina. Constructed during the 1950s or 1960s, the Mid-Century modern-style Motel was the longest continually operating motel on the reservation, but closed at the beginning of this month, and is slated to be leveled for parking in order to serve the Harrah’s Casino across the street. It’s sad to see so much of the mid-20th Century lodging on the reservation falling into decay and being demolished, but it’s just the result of success that the reservation has been experiencing since the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, the most profitable casino in the whole Harrah’s chain, opened in 1997. It would be nice to preserve at least a few old signs and buildings just to show the context of the past, but it is a time period of austerity, discrimination, and racial caricature, that, I think, the tribe is trying hard to move past, and the buildings just happen to be symbols from an era in which they were subject to discrimination and limited opportunities compared to the surrounding, majority-white population. Progress is great, but it is nice to have some stuff around to show us where we came from and how we have changed and evolved.
This is the old Chief Motel, located along Paint Town Road (US Highway 19) on the Cherokee Reservation in North Carolina. Constructed during the 1950s or 1960s, the Mid-Century modern-style Motel was the longest continually operating motel on the reservation, but closed at the beginning of this month, and is slated to be leveled for parking in order to serve the Harrah’s Casino across the street. It’s sad to see so much of the mid-20th Century lodging on the reservation falling into decay and being demolished, but it’s just the result of success that the reservation has been experiencing since the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, the most profitable casino in the whole Harrah’s chain, opened in 1997. It would be nice to preserve at least a few old signs and buildings just to show the context of the past, but it is a time period of austerity, discrimination, and racial caricature, that, I think, the tribe is trying hard to move past, and the buildings just happen to be symbols from an era in which they were subject to discrimination and limited opportunities compared to the surrounding, majority-white population. Progress is great, but it is nice to have some stuff around to show us where we came from and how we have changed and evolved.
Fancy some HP Sauce?...Sorry Sir, we're closed!
Production has been moved to Holland.
My mom's first job was here in about 1947. On her first day she couldn't get past the gate because if the smell and was sick outside...she never went there again.
It was a huge tower that could be seen from all around...with HP SAUCE in massive letters at the top. In fact just check it out here
This is the old Chief Motel, located along Paint Town Road (US Highway 19) on the Cherokee Reservation in North Carolina. Constructed during the 1950s or 1960s, the Mid-Century modern-style Motel was the longest continually operating motel on the reservation, but closed at the beginning of this month, and is slated to be leveled for parking in order to serve the Harrah’s Casino across the street. It’s sad to see so much of the mid-20th Century lodging on the reservation falling into decay and being demolished, but it’s just the result of success that the reservation has been experiencing since the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, the most profitable casino in the whole Harrah’s chain, opened in 1997. It would be nice to preserve at least a few old signs and buildings just to show the context of the past, but it is a time period of austerity, discrimination, and racial caricature, that, I think, the tribe is trying hard to move past, and the buildings just happen to be symbols from an era in which they were subject to discrimination and limited opportunities compared to the surrounding, majority-white population. Progress is great, but it is nice to have some stuff around to show us where we came from and how we have changed and evolved.
This was the Days Inn that I noticed was closed down in March of this year. When I drove past this area on Abercorn Street in May of this year, I noticed some construction machinery parked near the abandoned Days Inn building. When I was on Mall Blvd. earlier this month, I noticed that the Days Inn buildings had been completely demolished.
The motel before demolition: www.flickr.com/photos/32911630@N03/8552725293/
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