Great thread! So many great treasures lost...Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, Old Penn Station and many more. Regardless, it's great to see all of these past gems. Also, nice to see that sometimes demolishing a structure improves a space.
Here are a couple from Minneapolis.
Prior:
Metropolitan building (Northwestern Guaranty Loan building)
from:
http://gizmodo.com/9-of-the-most-bea...own-1524596913
Current site:
330 2nd Avenue S.
From:
http://photos.mncar.org/eProp/web/171917.jpg /
http://epd.mncar.org/
So much
worse. Good ol' urban renewal.
Prior (this entire square block - the W.F. Woolworth store as the anchor):
from:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/thmb.inkfrog...511a.JPG/600/0
Current:
The IDS center, crystal court and Marquette hotel.
from:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3742/9...e595be2c_b.jpg
Better