Abandoned buildings repurposed into astonishing new ones.
The Liberty Hotel, Boston. Formerly the Charles St jail.
My apartment building used to be a school.
Waterpark Tropical Islands in a former airship hangar, Krausnick, Germany
Church turned bookstore (and café) in Zwolle, The Netherlands.
My college used to be a shopping mall
A 100 year old church in Spain, converted into a skatepark. Paintings by Okuda San Miguel
My school’s library used to be a bank
Old apartment complex in Saigon now filled with restaurants and boutique stores
Industrial laundromat to bar. Old Glory, Nashville, TN
Church repurposed into a climbing gym
This cement factory in Spain that was converted into a home in 1973 by architect Ricardo Bofill.
Court room that’s now a cafe. Cells are the toilets. St. Albans, England.
Some lucky bastard gets to live in this church
An old railroad maintenance shop converted to a Brewery
New York High Line. Old train line now a massive outdoor park.
A Church in Charleston, SC that is now a restaurant
Host Cafe in London, a church that’s now a cafe
Old Steel Mill that is a casino.
Fitness center at the Beacon: a luxury apartment complex repurposed from a Hospital.
The Last Bookstore in LA. Originally a bank, the bookstore acts more like a museum with its vaults and unique book sculptures.
My apartment used to be a YMCA.
Burger King in a lovely old house
A bank repurposed into a gym
Does this count? A plane that was turned into a house
Alabama Theater to Bookstop book store now a Trader Joe’s. (Houston, TX)
A church in St.Louis, Missouri that became an indoor skatepark
Old church in Maastricht turned into a bookshop.
Church turned into a trampoline park, The Hague, Netherlands
Former train station near Paris, now a McD’s
This 100 year old theater in Buenos Aires converted to a bookstore
A church in St.Louis, Missouri that became an indoor skatepark
Pagony, Budapest. A children’s swimming pool turned into a bar!
Old mortuary converted into restaurant Linger in Denver, CO. Note the old roller rack that is now a table!
The church of 8 wheels in San Francisco. Its an old church converted into a skating rink.
The oldest shopping mall in the USA is now micro-apartments. Built in 1982, Rhode Island.