Your city's lost heritage: Buildings that should never have been demolished.

[UnHavrais]

Le Havre, Normandie, France


Château de Montgeon or Manoir Saint-Louis

Before :



Before :



Before :





Now :






If you want to buy the chimney :

http://www.marcmaison.fr/architectur...au-of-montgeon

[erbse]

What the heck happened there? Are they going to reconstruct this gem?


I mean... How barbaric is that?

[CNB30]

I find it ironic how many Architects have worked to preserve these things over the past 50 years, yet much of their work tends to be very petty compared to what they work hard on preserving.

[UrbanImpact]

Originally Posted by CNB30

I find it ironic how many Architects have worked to preserve these things over the past 50 years, yet much of their work tends to be very petty compared to what they work hard on preserving.

It depends what the customer wants to pay for. The architect isn't going to be footing the bill.

[CNB30]

Originally Posted by UrbanImpact

It depends what the customer wants to pay for. The architect isn't going to be footing the bill.

not necessarily. Ive seen plenty of charming good looking structures that would fit the average bill fine, such as the stuff i posted from richmond

[gooseberry]

Boston North Station
Then
and Now

[joshsam]

Originally Posted by Bogdy

Bucharest is the only city in the world which was destroyed on a large area during peace times.

Not exactly. Brussels is has 3 historical districts destroyed in peace time, one of them is now where the EU quarters is located. And just think about N-American cities and their urban "renewal" projects in wich the whole historic downtown was ofthen completely destroyed.

[CNB30]

Originally Posted by joshsam

Not exactly. Brussels is has 3 historical districts destroyed in peace time, one of them is now where the EU quarters is located. And just think about N-American cities and their urban "renewal" projects in wich the whole historic downtown was ofthen completely destroyed.

Charlotte NC

[bolg]

Starting in the 60s the socialdemocrats decided to make Stockholm a modern city by implementing the modernist school of thought in architecture, which meant big office complexes in central Stockholm and wide roads to accomodate alot of traffic. The idea was that people would live in the suburbs and commute into the city. This decision meant the destruction of the 2nd oldest part of the city, known as Klara.

View of Klara then:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...R000247S-d.jpg
and Klara now:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lara_2009a.jpg

Looking down Hamngatan then:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...atan_1956a.jpg
and now:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...kholm_2008.jpg

The Blanche theater:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eater_1964.jpg
and the monster (named Sverigehuset) it was replaced by:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...huset_2009.jpg

[bolg]

The Sagerska houses:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...husen_1968.jpg
and its replacement, PK-huset:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...uset_2009e.jpg

A house at Jakobsgatan:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...gatan_1963.jpg
and its replacement:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...gatan_2007.jpg

Sergels Torg then:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._torg_1968.jpg
and now:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...huset_2007.jpg

Malmskillnadsgatan then:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...gatan_1946.jpg
and now:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...atan_2008a.jpg

EDIT: holy shit, anything I can do to rescale the photos?

EDIT2: Removed img tags, pics were way too big

[bolg]

Mäster Samuelsgatan then:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...gatan_1966.jpg
and now:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...gatan_2008.jpg

Hotel Anglais then:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...n_1938-drv.jpg
and now:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eplan_2007.jpg

A block on Vasagatan then:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...gatan_1965.jpg
and now:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...atan_2008a.jpg

According to estimates about 700 houses were demolished to make way for what's honestly some of the ugliest building I've ever seen and Klara was more or less depopulated. Several buildings were of cultural value, such as Tobias Sergel's studio (he's a famous sculptur) which was replaced by five high rises* and Tre Remmare, a pub mentioned in the writings of Sweden's national poet Bellman's work from the late 18th century, which was replaced by a parking house.

*
http://www.worldtravelimages.net/DSC00621.JPG

** (sensitive viewers be advised)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...aden_2009c.jpg


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Other lost buildings in Stockholm include:
Beridarebanan, Stockholm's venue for tourneys. Torn down at the end of the 17th century:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...kholm_1672.jpg

The palace Tre Kronor, destroyed in a fire in 1697:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ronor_1661.jpg

The mansion Makalös, demolished after a fire in 1825:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...kobs_kyrka.jpg

[erbse]

Poor Stockholm

I've been to Malmö last week. I heard it got a large portion of its old heritage destroyed as well, but damn... It looks like they had a war

Sweden was pretty badass in the 60s/70s. Damn commies!

[Grotlaufen]

Originally Posted by erbse

Poor Stockholm

I've been to Malmö last week. I heard it got a large portion of its old heritage destroyed as well, but damn... It looks like they had a war

Sweden was pretty badass in the 60s/70s. Damn commies!

You have to remember that Scandinavia were among the least urbanized areas of Europe after WW2. Which meant that once large-scale urbanization kicked in, all administration (Government, Municipality, corporations etc) expanded rapidly and needed new offices, which meant property speculations in the inner cities and need for expansions to accomodate for all new needs.


As in Sweden they didn't have a war on ground in the Americas. You could look there for equal examples but where city planning was on a far larger scale.

[Grex]

http://petchhouse.blogspot.com/2009/...lity-tour.html

The page above has contrasting images of the same locations, with the first image being from 1887 and the second image being from 2009.

Enjoy!

Greg
The Petch House

[@b1]

Indonesia also has same problems with yours. Our reckless government let some of our historic buildings being demolished and changed into modern buildings by greedy developers due to economic development. This is the example why government didn't care about preserving historic buildings. And their main priority is money. $$$

Here is the example

Hotel Des Indes Jakarta (today Duta Merlin Plaza)


Simpang Hospital Surabaya / Central Burgerlijke Ziekenhuis (today Plasa Surabaya Mall)


De Harmonie Lodge, Jakarta


And still many colonial buildings lost in Indonesia until now.

[@b1]

Also we got some historic building demolished again

before


after


Located in Cilacap Street, Menteng, Jakarta

This building used to be a telephone operator office in colonial era but now being demolished.

[@b1]

Also in Medan, we have some historic building lost and replaced by modern and commercial structures.

KNI office, Sukamulya St., Medan


Medan Mayor Office (now Aston Hotel)


Medan Esplanade (form changing in 2008)


Karapatan Deli Building


Ex MULO Dutch School


Lindeteves Stokvis Office Medan


If still more historic building demolished probably Medan will get the same fate like Manila and Jakarta.

[@b1]

Amsterdam Gate Batavia


Destroyed due to anti-colonial movement in Sukarno's era