Robert Stephenson

Euston Arch (top left), London's first entrance to Euston station, had existed since 1837. In 1962, the station was demolished in order to redevelop it. The original Birmingham Central Library (top, center) opened in 1865 but it only survived for 14 years before a big fire destroyed much of the building and its stock. In June 1882, a new library was opened on the same site in a renaissance style. The building was demolished in 1974 to make way for a new one, which was a Brutalism symbol. Sunderland Town Hall (top right) was on display in the town hall. The building was opened in 1890 but by 1960s council officials, it had become unsuitable for use. The Sunderland Civic Centre, the Sunderland Civic Centre's hexagonal red brick replacement, was unveiled in 1970 at a site less than half a mile away. Last year, this building was demolished and replaced by the new City Hall. In 1864, the Assize Courts (bottom left) in Manchester opened in Assize Courts (bottom left). In the Second World War's Second World War, the building was severely damaged and torn down in 1957. In the 1960s, the Crown Court that had been renamed opened in the early 1960s. The Imperial Institute (bottom, center), which had existed in London since 1893, but it was largely demolished in the 1960s to allow for the expansion of Imperial College. The old Birkbeck Bank (bottom right), near London's Chancery Lane station, was completed in 1902 but it was demolished in 1964 for no apparent reason. On the site today, there is a nondescript office building.