What secrets can there be in the United States? Well, apart from conspiracy theories, in our time, from the cycle who had whom Monica Lewinsky and whether he was able to use the remaining biomaterials for further promotion, or had to be content with a trifle, such as a fee for a book.
I'm talking about the US country now, not the mainland (2 pieces) called America. What was there before, only the Maya Indians know, who looked into their calendar, saw modern realities, clarified the fate of neighboring tribes and with the words "Let's go, fuck from here until it started!", Collectively died out.
So, what can be unknown and incomprehensible in a country that arose already at a time when the printing industry was in full operation, historians worked in archives, and every step was documented and published in huge numbers for the morning table of curious bourgeois?
And everything is the same! Interesting and unusual buildings for the current architectural state. All of them were demolished under one pretext or another, and their places were taken by some kind of unintelligible incomprehensibility, or even a wasteland.
In the concept of transition from natural (air, atmospheric, ethereal or personally tuned by Zeus on his lightning) energy carriers to modern ones, apparently, houses that used forbidden technology were destroyed.
Sometimes, it was done en masse clean up (see the deaths of US cities during a bout of amazing fires), sometimes pointwise. Let's leave the massive one for later, but now I'm presenting a mega-show - "America, which we lost, although it was not officially ours"
Let's start with the most unremarkable, apart from the growth of 68 Trinity Place. Rest in peace dear friend whom you've never been for me!
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One feature should be noted. Many American buildings in which ancient Roman or neoclassical, or even colonial history (these were 3 synonyms) is read, very often (and still are) the location of the administration of the settlement. Which can be interpreted in two ways, but the first thing in the head, of course, is the capture of the enemy structure. But this is just a fantasy game, do not pay attention.
The post office in New York was demolished in the early 20s, sorry, twentieth century.
Do not forget that it is imperative to point the cursor at the photo, because this is only a cover behind which, depending on the building, 3 to 10 photos are hidden. They are there for a reason, but for you and your idle curiosity.
I don’t know what could be more classic than the outside, and the inside is undoubtedly the view of this Penn Station, demolished at the beginning of the last century. He was Pennsylvania not by birth, but by the name of the railroad to which he belonged. And so it happened in New York.
Beneath each of these photos that you see, there are mountains of tears of ordinary or not so Americans. They find these photos and do not understand the reason for the purposeful demolition of all this beauty. While making a selection, I read out of the corner of my eye, almost cried myself.
The main storm of demolitions occurred in the early 50s. Apparently, the world has become quieter, it was already possible to deal with home evidence. Or maybe some law was adopted, and the owners could no longer defend their rights to almost new houses.
The building of the Cable Company was built up in 1897 and retired in 1954. I hope everyone understands that this is not even half of the calculated lifespan. New York.
Carnegie Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania external spiral staircase during demolition in 1952.
Don't be distracted by the spiral staircase in Pennsylvania, we have a rapid-fire next in line.
The Gillender Building was commissioned in 1897 and said goodbye in 1910. What happened there? also New York.
Columbus Memorial Building, Chicago. Built in 1893, demolished in 1959. Everything is clear, right?
Public Library of Cincinnati, 1874-1955.
And we replaced this great library with this one.
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia). Demolished in 1953. The same type of building, the same years of demolition.
The Chicago Federal Building (demolished in 1965). Here we, friends, really St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Vatican refuge named after Peter the Fisherman, and in England, who checked into the map like that? Paul? In Europe they are cared for and cherished, they are proudly driven by tourists, blowing dust particles off the walls, and in Chicago under the knife. I'm tired of it. Let's build better, something rectangular standard and so that the hair can be corrected against the walls.
Minneapolis.
The Metropolitan Building (demolished in 1961):
and the old Minneapolis Post Office (demolished in 1961). Another mail was not useful.
The Pierce-Morse block, San Diego. Demolished in the '50s. The brother (seemingly) of the St. Petersburg house of Singer left us.
Burke Building, Seattle. Demolished in the '1960s and replaced with the Jackson Federal Office Building.
The Jayne Building in Philadelphia. Completed in 1850 and demolished in 1957 to create the Independence National Historical Park. It was 39 m tall and have been called a "proto-skyscraper".
America's first semi-skyscraper gave way to a park. I don't like green fanatics for nothing. The universal evil gave birth to them. This is where the legs grow from.
I'm just kidding. Is it available?
The Majestic Hotel in Philadelphia is tired of receiving guests:
It is interesting that after the demolition, the office that bought the land under the building and initiated the demolition did not build anything in return.
For almost three decades there was a wasteland. Then they probably remembered and shoved a hamburger and a dressing in there.
There was also a library nearby. The former magnate house, when it turned out that the deceased did not deign to leave heirs on Earth, became a branch of the Philadelphia Public Library:
In the 1980s, the library moved out and without thinking twice the house was self-sawing, by fire. The American and European fires of the twentieth century are such miraculous ubiquitous events that I wonder how we have any history left.
Now there will be an interesting case. The systematic destruction of an entire city, which, by negligence, consisted of such dwellings.
And it would be fine if it was just one of the many small towns from which all the inhabitants left. No, in this place, there was something. Just look at the names that came out of this tiny town.
History reminded me of the recent fate of the Old Believer cemetery in St. Petersburg. Slowly, but systematically, meter by meter, what must be destroyed is being destroyed.
Responsible bosses shake their heads and agree on everything with the activists protesters. I am working out a rescue plan, the first step of which is another demolition.
On the left, Hartford in 1945 - on the right, Hartford in the early 1980s.
To make it clear what kind of houses I'm talking about here. Take a look at the interior design of the Library of Congress. This is about the same series. If I may put it that way. Therefore, one should not think that behind the beautiful facade of the demolished buildings, a naked ass was sticking out. No.
Library of Congress:
The Alfred Craven Harrison Building in Philadelphia. Completed in 1895. Demolished in 1969.
Stanford Memorial Church:
Here, under the noise of an earthquake, the entire complex of the Church was demolished, including the triumphal arch. So what? When else will there be such a reason?
Also, the arch at the quad's entrance was demolished:
Women's Temple in Chicago (demolished in 1926):
They took away the house from the beautiful ladies.
The old Santa Fe capitol is gone.
LA County Courthouse.
In general, I used to think that life in Los Angeles began with the advent of talkie. Not earlier than the 20's, 30's. I was wrong.
Old Omaha City Hall.
Old San Francisco City Hall Old San Francisco City Hall. When I was looking for photos for a selection, at first I thought that the Kazan Cathedral was again flashing in front of my nose. But it turns out that it grew in San Francisco and was not needed !!!
Everything is as it should be. With antique statues and columns. Just like a giso cardboard exhibition. By the way, I was also in San Fran. I wrote about her. Welcome the knowledge vault at the top of grupp's wall.
By the way, have you carefully examined the attraction? Now compare:
Below is the version of St. Isaac's Cathedral, proposed by Voronikhin (Kazan Cathedral architect), for the competition, where he lost to Musier Montferrand with him. You know very well, it looks like.
One gets the feeling that there was only one GOST, technological variations were probably approved by a limited number. That's all in a circle, still a spherical Earth, and walks, some with drawings, some with models.
Hall of Records. Also a little antediluvian neighbor, the previous instance.
Ursuline Academy Galveston, Tx.
Built: 1894 - Demolished 1968.
The Singer Building of NY / Manhattan - 1902-1967. Now the pain of the entire US architectural community will be the highest, the first of its kind and incredibly magnificent Singer House. A real brother in daddy of the St. Petersburg building where VKontakte sits.
More details will be needed about him, and separately.
Madison Square Garden, New York.
Manhattan Life Insurance Building.
Vanderbilt Mansions. One to one new Hermitage. Only the Atlanteans decided not to disturb.
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
The destruction of Waldorf-Astoria in 1929, judging by the photographs, could be the clearest illustration of a deliberate, evil, or secret, intent.
But, not everything is so simple. In this case, the vacant space was replaced by a building with a potentially greater economic attractiveness. At least in terms of the area of useful premises.
New York World Building A funny overgrown cathedral. The Roman dome, the body has already assimilated in the New World.
Chicago Federal Building, repeat of the building, but with new photographs.
Singer Building is worthy of your more attention.
Century Building - St. Louis, MO.
Constructed 1896 - Demolished 2004.
One of the reasons why I believe that many of these buildings were deliberately destroyed is that in most cases, nothing more spacious or technologically advanced was replaced. In some cases, and at all, then for many years wasteland shone. This means that the economic reasons for demolition, such as unprofitability or spatial necessity, are in question.
Hence the clue is “somewhere there”. Again, hello conspiracy theories.
Otherwise, it is difficult to explain the change of sewing to soap.
And that's all, it continues.
Afterword
When you see that identical buildings in Europe are treated as rare pearls and rush to the intensive care unit with every brick that falls off, and right there, just to the right, across the ocean, rush with a sledgehammer and smash them to pieces, the same cathedrals and palaces, the conclusion, in my opinion is simple.
Everyone follows the official chronology, it says that the European is ancient and needs to be preserved, but in America, everything was only built yesterday, why admire there? Give money and they will build you.
Judging by what I see in the pictures of both European and American palace houses, this is one set of construction and finishing works. So it was built at the same time using identical technology.
To materialize the fictional history of mankind, European buildings were attributed where 300, where 2000, as in Rome and voila, now history is not only on paper, but also in stone. In the meantime, you can, by the way, earn extra money on antiques.
All this is closer than you think. Years 150-200. Here is my opinion, in general terms.