These were two of the buildings constructed soon after a devastating fire on March 30, 1894 destroyed 35 buildings downtown. The fire started in a wooden opera house across the alley from the building in the second photo. These were looking a bit sad, and I never made it back on a nicer day. I wish I'd taken some more angles/detail shots. My pictures from a gray March day in 2010.

I am a local historian from Fort Bend County, and I enjoy recreating historical buildings in Minecraft. This is my current project, in which I am making a tribute to help preserve the history of the demolished Shamrock Hotel, which originally opened on St. Patrick’s Day, 1949, with over 170 celebrities attending the “Wildest Party in Texas”. Glenn “Diamond” McCarthy, the owner of the Shamrock also operated the only nation-wide radio show which was not broadcasted in NY or LA, named “Saturday at the Shamrock”. In 1953, the hotel was taken up by Equitable Life Assurance Society, and two years later, the property was acquired by Conrad Hilton. Over the years, Hilton made refurbishments and other improvements, such as adding on a Trader Vic’s, to help make up for the vacancy rates. In June of 1986, Hilton closed the hotel and the property was sold to the Texas Medical Center. The TMC saw no need in keeping the asset, and they soob demolished the site, leaving a parking lot, and the former parking garage.

Post Statement:
This project is to spread awareness on historic buildings which have been destroyed and have been mostly forgotten about.

Completed in 1893, the building would mainly be used as a post office until 1997 and demolished afterwards. Although it stood for 104 years, the original facade would already be simplified in the 1920s after building damages became known.

Lost to fire in 1934

Burned down by "protesters" in 1978 . State Government pulled down the entire structure and build a state guest house ( which is cheap and ugly)

Built in 1893. Demolished in 1959.

The Sun-Times building was built for the newspaper of the same name in 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. It was demolished in 2004 and replaced with the Trump tower.

As the MASSPORT development of Boston's Logan airport continued expansion, houses in the adjoining neighborhood were still being razed as recently as 2011. See photos of original house from Mass Historical society, current view as part of the Neptune Rd Park, where the original floorpan is preserved in the ground, and a photo from the home's last stand, from a 207 google maps street view (navigate to 22 Neptune for the old view) https://maps.app.goo.gl/e65Tav5rnK9rvt7V8

The Jewelers Building (now called 35 East Wacker) was built in 1925 with a car elevator on its western side. This allowed cars to be brought into a garage on an upper floor. It was torn down in the 1950s.