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Old Posted Apr 5, 2007, 4:00 AM
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I don't think this building should have been demolished. i'm not sure why. demolished in 1980. the company that occupied it was the maryland casualty company


here's the building in the skyline (it's to the right):


also this building, demolished in 1962. the sun building:

these were in baltimore (not exactly my city, but I like to call it that because it's the closest to my house with high rises)

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The real building that should not have been torn down in Buffalo is this one. One of the most important buildings in architectural history:



http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DG
Hey, I remember The Larkin.
Isn't there just a commemorative stone on the site now? As for that Electric tower in Buffalo, they should have built it right the first time. What a crock!
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Sugested reading.






"Richard Nickel, whom I had the delight of knowing during his all too brief life, is one of the unsung heroes of Chicago architecture. He was not an architect himself, nor a designer. He simply took pictures, but what pictures! He was, for want of a better description, one of the most sensitive of architectural photographers. More than that, his life—and ironically, tragically and poetically, his death—were fused to Chicago architecture. How he died tells us how he lived: for the beauty in the works of Sullivan, Wright and the others. His story is one that must be told." —Studs Terkel, author

"He was completely understanding of architecture and genius and of the quality of the work he was dealing with. He was single-minded in his pursuit and dedication to quality in history, art and architecture. That is an increasingly rare quality." —Ada Louise Huxtable, former New York Times architecture critic

"Richard was an excellent photographer—sensitive and intelligent, and a very good craftsman". —John Szarkowski, former Director, Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York

"Richard Nickel was one of those who saw architecture, and who passionately and skillfully pursued its portrayal. He was one of a very small number, and to make his work known would be a fundamental service to architects, students, and teachers as well as to the art of architecture." —Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., architectural historian




Nickel's friend David Norris comments: "I think what Richard had to teach was that if you find some way to express your deepest convictions, you should exercise that talent to the very utmost of your ability. . .even if it leads somehow to your destruction."

On the day after his body was discovered, a Chicago Sun-Times editorial cartoon honored him with a drawing of a gravestone with the epitaph:

Richard Nickel
1928-1972
Killed in Action
rescuing Chicago architectural treasures

The Chicago Daily News characterized Nickel's death as "a sacrifice to art--a civic offering on the altar of greed."




"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." Richard Nickel.

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Old Posted Apr 6, 2007, 1:39 AM
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The Singer Building was the tallest building in the world when built, and the tallest ever demolished upto that time!!!
Seeing old photos of the Singer Building is kind of devastating. It has to rank as the most tragic demolition of all.
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Seeing old photos of the Singer Building is kind of devastating. It has to rank as the most tragic demolition of all.
Right up there with Penn Station.











Salt in the wounds:



Which thankfully will soon meet a similar fate.

Some other losses....

1. The New York World Building



2. The Manhattan Hotel



3. New York Tribune Building



4. City Hall Post Office



5. Savoy-Plaza Hotel



6. Temple Beth-El



7. Astor Hotel



8. Second Madison Square Garden



9. One Times Square



10. 2 Columbus Circle

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Old Posted Apr 6, 2007, 5:27 AM
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Yea Penn Station was a real no no
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Old Posted Apr 6, 2007, 5:31 AM
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I never noticed this similarity before

BUFFALO



NYC



The Buffalo building is from 1901
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The Singer Building- tallest in the city from 1908-1909. It was demolished in 1968 because the floor plates were too small. It was demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza. While I like international style, buildings like OLP are a dime a dozen and the Singer was truly unique.
I like one Liberty Plaza a lot.
In a thread similar to this, I had suggested to rebuild the Singer where the Deutsche Bank just stood.
Or somewhere else around that area, as we all know that there's a lot of land available.
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Old Posted Apr 7, 2007, 2:45 PM
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OK, not a skyscraper or even a commercial building but somewhat important for the area. The Moline Preservation Society was formed in 1986 by concerned citizens to try and save the perfectly preserved 1858 Huntoon House from demolition by it's owners. The owners, a church, opted to take the "fuck-you" attitude towards the society and the citizens of the city and demolished the house, ceiling murals painted by Swedish artist Frank Lundahl, anyway. An ugly, windowless, addition to the church and a small parkinglot fill this space.
The preservation society vowed to never let this happen again, and after the thrashing the church got from the whole Quad Cities, it probably won't.

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Or somewhere else around that area, as we all know that there's a lot of land available.
I don't know about that... Signer was afterall torn down because its the financial district of NYC and there isn't alot of land available.
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I don't know about that... Signer was afterall torn down because its the financial district of NYC and there isn't alot of land available.
That's true, but there are several low rise buildings around 130 Liberty that could possibly be demolished in order to make way. 130 Liberty, or better known as Deutsche Bank Bldg. is currently being demolished. And there are no excact plans for it's replacement... I think the whole block south of the WTC could easily become new land for interesting projects such as the rebirth of the Singer Building.

It's a cool vision
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one of many for Chicago is the morrison hotel.
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For Detroit there are many candidates such as the late great Hudsons department store but one of the most recent and senseless was the destruction of the Statler Hotel.

This hotel when it opened in 1915 was one of the most advanced in the world at the time with bathrooms for each of its 800 guest rooms (later expanded to 1000 rooms) and was the first hotel to have air conditioning (installed in 1937).


The hotel, which closed in 1975, was demolished in 2005 in an attempt to prevent Superbowl visitors in 2006 from seeing an abandond building (is if there are not others!). Now as the downtown revitalizes, the hotel could have been adapted to a new use such as condos.
I was reading about the old Hudson Department store in Detroit a few days ago. It's such a shame what happened to many buildings in Detroit, almost depressing just to think about what was destroyed for pretty much no replacement.
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With all due respect to The WTC Patrick, demolished is not the same thing as distroyed.

Although Osama did make his loot with the wrecking ball. How Ironic!
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Marshall Field's Wholesale Store
built by Henry Hobson Richardson
built in 1887 and demolished 1930
The streets around it were Quincy, Franklin, Adams and Wells Streets..
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I actually made an audible groan when I looked at those pics.


What a tragic loss.
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I know these do not compare to some of the larger buildings in larger cities, but they are a loss nonetheless.

The original Amarillo Hotel:





Amarillo Water, Light and Power Company:



Potter County Courthouse:



First Baptist Church:


There are others, but the city's library archive doesn't have any photos of them. So they are mostly forgotten. I'll see if I can dig them up.
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Right up there with Penn Station.


Are there any buildings still standing in North America with this type of iron artistry?
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