Seton Keough High School in Baltimore, MD has been demolished:

This building in Connellsville, PA is gone now:

This whimsical building in Moses Lake, WA has been remodeled into a boring box:

The Clark County Title Company building in Vancouver, WA with its sculpted concrete panels is gone now. The city saved 32 of the panels and put them in storage with plans to display them as public art someday. Some nice vintage photos of the building and panels here:

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Some of the panels have been installed here at the Esther St. underpass:

Damn. I was really looking forward to shooting this guy in Oak Park, IL this summer and now it’s gone:

This pair of buildings at the Dual Manor Health Care Center in Cincinnati, OH is gone now:

This former “rotunda branch” bank in Canton, OH will likely be demolished soon for a new development known as O’Jay’s Plaza:

I never got to see the interior but check out the ceiling, the vault, and the terrazzo from the real estate listing before the building was sold. I betcha the teller counter was originally round:

The former Oceanview Motel in Wildwood Crest, NJ:

… will soon be transformed into the monster Madison Resort. It could be worse. At least they are keeping some of the midcentury look:

This Econolodge (former Village Inn) in Battle Creek, MI has been demolished:

These sign poles in Aurora, CO are gone now:

This former Fotomat in Guthrie, OK is gone now:

The mid-century metal slipcover on the Coleman County State Bank in Coleman, TX..:

… has been removed:

The mushroom canopies on this bank in Miami, FL...:

… have been removed:

The facade on this bank in Orlando, FL has been remodeled:

… the rocks on the facade are gone but they built a little planter with rocks for the new sign:

This post is getting mighty long and I’m just getting started with Florida. I’ve been really pounding away here and just have Florida and California in this section to go and then I’ll be DONE with this winter project. Back soon.

Happy trails,
dj & the dogs

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