Lost Beauty: The Decline of America's Architecture

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The great architecture was once in abundance in America. Buildings that would lift and inspire a sense of pride in where one was from. Upon the dawn of the auto revolution, many of these great landmarks were razed. A symbol of a city and a point of pride destroyed for more parking. Many caught fire and were never built again. Some were demolished to make room for larger, more efficient buildings purely functional but void of character. This was so widespread in the US and Canada that an example could be found in almost any city. In this video, I’m going to focus on 4 examples of great architecture from the past.

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  • @rumplestiltskin951
    @rumplestiltskin95111 ай бұрын

    I think it disappointing that apparently no one in the comment section has addressed the automobile's role in the destruction of America's architecture; this is one of the main points of the video.

  • @tiebei2548

    @tiebei2548

    10 ай бұрын

    That's a bit of a reach as only two of the examples even touched on transportation, the most egregious being a parking lot. I wanted to say that times have changed but Americans still pull down statues and buildings without regard to the past.

  • @rumplestiltskin951

    @rumplestiltskin951

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tiebei2548Well in my defense, this was described (if briefly) in the video’s introduction. I would say that attitudes may be changing in certain cities. I can think of several examples of old buildings reconstructed and restored in recent years to their original state after being “remodeled” during the 1950s, 60s or 70s. It seems to me that preservation is stronger in Midwestern cities, such as Chicago or Detroit.

  • @emperorbobarino

    @emperorbobarino

    10 ай бұрын

    The automobile industry, it's lobbyists, the politicians who wrote the policies, the architects who designed these soulless/alienating, were not just responding to some inexorable set of circumstances that arose by dint of the automobile's existence. These were all decisions made by people, people that could have charted a different course. Those same people could have made a different policy. Thus, changing the nature of the American's relationship to the automobile and much more.

  • @blu0065

    @blu0065

    10 ай бұрын

    There were protests back in the day against the automobile-related deaths of children and destruction of our neighborhoods. Even here in California, the city of Pasadena successfully protested against a freeway being run through their city at around the Fremont Avenue / Huntington Drive alignment. The people knew where their priorities were and voiced their concerns. We can not ignore the fact that Boyle Heights was demolished but not Pasadena.

  • @brickarchitekt835

    @brickarchitekt835

    10 ай бұрын

    Also post war efforts to change the world into a dystopian alternate one where everything is ugly and looks the same

  • @mchristr
    @mchristr11 ай бұрын

    Art, and in this case architecture, is an expression of a culture's philosophical beliefs. When a society turns away from beauty, we get the ugliness of untethered human imagination.

  • @hardluck8732

    @hardluck8732

    11 ай бұрын

    In more ways than one.

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    Beauty _is_ untethered human imagination. These mid-tier takes are so tired

  • @ario2264

    @ario2264

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-sf4fy8bq1h No, human imagination can obviously imagine ugly things, the opposite of beauty.

  • @rumplestiltskin951

    @rumplestiltskin951

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ario2264 I rather think that ugliness in architecture is not consciously imagined; rather, it is a symptom of beauty being made subordinate to less desirable qualities, such as profitability and greed.

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ario2264 show me where I said the human imagination can _only_ conjure beauty Why is logic not common core

  • @coraleecampbell9037
    @coraleecampbell903711 ай бұрын

    I miss seeing the old buildings! Lots of memories 💕

  • @ZooxMaze
    @ZooxMaze11 ай бұрын

    The deal is this: "Nobody, either here or out in the infinite universe, has EVER been as smart as WE ARE !!! So, we eliminate ANY sign of indisputable evidence which contradicts our myopic narrative". That's just the way they roll...

  • @MannyScoot
    @MannyScoot Жыл бұрын

    we are living in such a shitty simulation..........

  • @melissaabbey

    @melissaabbey

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s temporary until Satans reign is done which is soon. He was supposed to create goodness and beauty and this is what happens when free will us abused. It will be restored soon. God is so good. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and that’s what is happening. All that has been hidden will be brought to light as per His promise. ❤

  • @hardluck8732

    @hardluck8732

    11 ай бұрын

    I think you mean a capitalistic/kosher reality.

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@melissaabbeywhatever helps you sleep at night.

  • @johnperic6860

    @johnperic6860

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@melissaabbeyso true

  • @johnperic6860

    @johnperic6860

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@hardluck8732dog, this started in the 1600s and 1700s with the enlightenment and rationalist movements.

  • @rogerhall559
    @rogerhall559 Жыл бұрын

    Great photos . .thanks. From a different humanity.

  • @atlasorigin

    @atlasorigin

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @PaulHanson-zo5qj

    @PaulHanson-zo5qj

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @kwgm8578
    @kwgm857810 ай бұрын

    I agree. Everything is functional, with little thought given to art, in spite of the architect's design-babble about the lines. Although I mourn the tragic loss of life on the morning September 11, 2001, I hated the Twin Cartons on the New York Harbor entrance from the moment I first saw the buildings growing like two long tumors from Midtown. Thank you for presenting your perspective.

  • @rarigon
    @rarigon10 ай бұрын

    Not only in America. Brazil also lost a lot of historical buildings. São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro had a lot of beautiful buildings inspired in European styles.

  • @tvfan14
    @tvfan14 Жыл бұрын

    2:49 I grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and I have never heard of or seen this building. I didnt go down town hardly ever though. Interesting, something so close to home.

  • @filip-i-9156
    @filip-i-915610 ай бұрын

    It's very sad to see history destroyed forever.

  • @nicholasbstone
    @nicholasbstone9 ай бұрын

    It's amazing how some people seek out hidden truths while others vehemently defend deception.

  • @bernadmanny
    @bernadmanny10 ай бұрын

    ''...Almost a negative achievement.'' That is good wit right there.

  • @rumplestiltskin951
    @rumplestiltskin95110 ай бұрын

    6:58 Another important point: not only do glass and steel structures lack character, but due to heating difficulties they are bad for the environment as well. In fact, preservation organizations are often allied with environmentalism for this very reason.

  • @smplfi9859
    @smplfi985911 ай бұрын

    the most sustainable architecture is that which you don't have to rebuild every 20-50-100 years!

  • @paulbroderick8438
    @paulbroderick843811 ай бұрын

    An Amazon, Walmart or Target coming your way! Strip malls full of shoe box buildings. Same with the auto industry, SUV's and monster trucks only, so it seems.

  • @ejaokay
    @ejaokay10 ай бұрын

    I live in the Tri Cities in Washington state, and Pasco has an absolutely beautiful courthouse. I hope they never tear it down. My girlfriend and I recently visited Boise, and I had to go downtown to see their classical federal buildings and I am so glad I did. The size and beauty of them inspired so much awe, and gave the city so much character, the fact that one main road led directly to the magnificent courthouse, so it could be viewed from afar made it even more mesmerizing. City's underestimate the tourism that classical buildings can attract. I would not have gone downtown otherwise. The interior of these buildings were amazing too, everything was white marble and all of the hardware was polished brass. It almost didn't seem real. I will never forget walking up the huge flight of stairs and into the massive main hall.

  • @user-kx4vw9uj6x
    @user-kx4vw9uj6x11 ай бұрын

    I really feel lucky to live in europe

  • @andreamobeck200

    @andreamobeck200

    11 ай бұрын

    I feel lucky to have lived there for 9 years. Came back to the states a changed human being. Left part of my heart there....its good to bloom where planted though. ✌️❤

  • @motohyun9359
    @motohyun9359 Жыл бұрын

    Indeed. Is sucha incredibly beautiful building and arqitecture😢😅❤❤❤❤❤😎💯

  • @kidkong637
    @kidkong63711 ай бұрын

    The Cliff House in San Fransisco (cover image) is and has been open.

  • @savannahsmiles1797
    @savannahsmiles1797 Жыл бұрын

    they weren't built again, cuz they didn't KNOW HOW to rebuild an equivalent.

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    Uh, no. They're not rebuilt because it would insanely expensive to do so now without the immorally cheap (or forced) labor of the past, greatly diminished reserves of fine materials, and the fact that none of them would be up to code. And a reminder: the codes are strict *because people died.* We are incredible creatures. We can build skyscrapers fantastically high, with proportions thinner than a #2 pencil. One just went up in my city. You seriously think we can't handle some Richardsonian Romanesque, lmao? Don't project your own ineptitude onto the rest of us, please.

  • @UlmanistLatvia

    @UlmanistLatvia

    11 ай бұрын

    @@user-sf4fy8bq1h A soulless person defending soulless architecture...what a surprise!

  • @kooptt

    @kooptt

    11 ай бұрын

    @@user-sf4fy8bq1hold buildings are rebuilt in countries like germany pretty often now, just look at the humboldt forum and potsdam city palace, they can be made pretty easily with good working conditions due to modern technology, there just needs to be political willpower behind it

  • @BleedForTheWorld

    @BleedForTheWorld

    11 ай бұрын

    @@UlmanistLatvia your statement is known as a false premise. They're not defending the architecture on the same ground but rather stating facts that occurred throughout history. I know that national socialists don't agree with facts but you could try better than committing to logical fallacies again and again.

  • @laurenchristianna2092

    @laurenchristianna2092

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@kooptt Right. 🥱

  • @rings22
    @rings2210 ай бұрын

    Underrated channel. If only the creator manages to actually do a real voice-over, then this channel would be great. No one loves a robot voice.

  • @jupiterlegrand4817
    @jupiterlegrand481711 ай бұрын

    Those buildings weren't built in the late 1800's. No how, no way.

  • @kooptt

    @kooptt

    11 ай бұрын

    We have pictures of tons of these under construction, it got pretty easy by the end of the 1800s due to industrially produced ornate detail, allowing for way easier and cheaper detailing on buildings, making buildings more ornate and detailed than ever before and ever since, since the ornament industry never really recovered after the depression and due to minimalism/modernism, there wasn’t much interest or motivation in bringing it back

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    You are not smart and will fare poorly

  • @nicholasbstone

    @nicholasbstone

    9 ай бұрын

    @@kooptt cool story

  • @St.Hallow
    @St.Hallow Жыл бұрын

    Stone caught fire 🤦🏼‍♂️🤣🤣🤣 yeah right. Lmao

  • @gj1234567899999

    @gj1234567899999

    11 ай бұрын

    Stone buildings can catch fire because the upper floors and roof is wood usually, and there are many things in the interior which could be flammable.

  • @hj179
    @hj17910 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, I have seen many wonderful old homes demolished to make way for progress and concrete blocks.

  • @romanruder6387
    @romanruder638710 ай бұрын

    First of all, thank you for these pictures. But you know that the official construction dates can not be correct, but are much older. Also the original purpose was different. Kind regards from Roman from Germany.

  • @St.Hallow
    @St.Hallow Жыл бұрын

    It seems a lot of people started watching vids like this after (My Lunch Break) opened our third eye upon the nonsensical narrative we're sold 😅

  • @Iggyhaxor

    @Iggyhaxor

    11 ай бұрын

    If you look at the sumerian origin story and the hindu epics it gets even weirder lol

  • @ottom.3094

    @ottom.3094

    11 ай бұрын

    The truth is the golden ages were during the 1000 year of peace with Lucifer locked away; and Lord Jesus Christ reigning. We are living in Satan’s little season before the final war against God’s beloved city (perhaps hidden away at the North Pole), and final great white throne of judgment

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    And yet your third eye can't see this video is made by ai. You are not the ones who are in the know.

  • @rlrstrong
    @rlrstrong11 ай бұрын

    This is the most obviously AI narrator I've ever heard. It ruins the entire video

  • @letzsnuggzz
    @letzsnuggzz10 ай бұрын

    One thing I find about mostly AngloSaxon populations is that there isn't an appreciation for retaining architecture. I say this because if you go to cities like New Orleans, Montreal, Quebec City you can find their cities filled with architecture going back to the 17th century. But Anglo-cities like Toronto, New York that have been established as long have only a few buildings from that period of the 1800s.

  • @cache_dl

    @cache_dl

    10 ай бұрын

    The British had a weird history back then that consisted of destructive behaviors. Whether it was architecture or even populations. It’s crazy how Canada was on professional terms with the Native population due to fur trading until the British took over Canada. I don’t really think it’s because anyone’s Anglo-Saxon, but maybe due to the Anglo-Saxons that moved to America were the psycho puritans

  • @alistairthow1384
    @alistairthow138411 ай бұрын

    You have to go to Europe to see how American cities used to be😢

  • @rumplestiltskin951

    @rumplestiltskin951

    11 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, one cannot find Art Deco and Chicago School skyscrapers in Europe! At least some Northern cities, such as Chicago and Detroit, have realized the value of and endeavored to preserve their historic architecture in the last decades.

  • @alistairthow1384

    @alistairthow1384

    10 ай бұрын

    @@rumplestiltskin951 there are plenty of art deco buildings throughout Europe. Not so many Chicago style skyscrapers sadly 😉

  • @yacetube
    @yacetube11 ай бұрын

    Funny you should talk and spend much of our time about jacksonville's post office ... When there are hundreads of gorgeous buildings that have been destroyed, not to mention quasi whole neighbourhoods in city centers and around. Major cities in the US looked in the 80s as if they have been even more bombed than some european ones in world war two

  • @janetcarbone4213
    @janetcarbone421311 ай бұрын

    So so sad😢

  • @googul2041
    @googul2041 Жыл бұрын

    Namuuna undi kabatti the most advanced architectural marvels within seconds chese ee eralo extraordinary man-made wonders build cheseyachhu, that's where USA STANDS ON TOP, GROUND ZERO LEDU YELAA UNTUNDO CHUSTAM ANE PROVE CHESI CHUPINCHARU AMERICANS

  • @browaruspierogus2182
    @browaruspierogus218211 ай бұрын

    we didn't build them - they are from previous civilization and totally different humans

  • @JohnSmith-hf3qv
    @JohnSmith-hf3qv Жыл бұрын

    We didn't build them. The old Indian story is false

  • @rickbucket664

    @rickbucket664

    Жыл бұрын

    They were the ones we know for sure were here,but nobody is asking them?

  • @rickbucket664

    @rickbucket664

    Жыл бұрын

    @@crowmagnon what I'm saying is the Indians were living among the people that built all this stuff all over north America...

  • @astralenlightenment1743

    @astralenlightenment1743

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rickbucket664I always say this too, and I always look for native accounts of the old world, if these buildings were seemingly still here, but I can never find any sources when I ask. Does anyone know where I can read about the native’s perspectives on the old world buildings??

  • @Val.Kyrie.

    @Val.Kyrie.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@astralenlightenment1743they say they were already here from the ones before.

  • @astralenlightenment1743

    @astralenlightenment1743

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Val.Kyrie. where can I find any sources please??

  • @beautiful3089
    @beautiful308911 ай бұрын

    One guy told m that the only one problem why we couldnt find out *Where those* who built such huge buildings with perfect desing and quality *disappeared?* ? The answer is that *They left by opened portal* To some different place. Thats why they keep it quite from us, because if they would show us Then all of the qiestions would b answered. The whole race cant disappear just like that- so, they left. And they brought us, the settlers, instead.

  • @ecthelion1735
    @ecthelion17359 ай бұрын

    Would you like a narrator for your videos?

  • @muslit
    @muslit10 ай бұрын

    I assume the narrator is an American discussing the decline of American architecture; but with his accent, one can't be sure.

  • @nicholasbstone

    @nicholasbstone

    9 ай бұрын

    The narrator is a voice-over software program, and AI generated monologue. This is true with pretty much all videos of this type.

  • @moocow6189
    @moocow618911 ай бұрын

    Those buildings were around the World Wide landscape ! Nice try though

  • @kennixox262
    @kennixox26210 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately with the Tacoma courthouse being built with masonry and in a seismic zone, it might have been a better idea to demolish the structure. Washington State is overdue for a massive subduction earthquake at some point in the future. We agree on ugly shopping centers but this is what the developers want, cheap, quick, easy.

  • @user-vj2hi5sh7i
    @user-vj2hi5sh7i10 ай бұрын

    Along with genetics

  • @lindastevens6861
    @lindastevens686111 ай бұрын

    Sad losses 😢

  • @teastrainer3604
    @teastrainer360411 ай бұрын

    Since we've gotten culturally enriched, there's no point in building anything nice because it'll just get covered with graffiti vandalism.

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    What a creative way of saying “I'm a racist!”

  • @teastrainer3604

    @teastrainer3604

    11 ай бұрын

    @@user-sf4fy8bq1h When I drive my car through Los Angeles, I look around and notice stuff. Stuff you might call "art." When you learn how to read it, it'll tell you which gang's territory you're entering.

  • @rumplestiltskin951

    @rumplestiltskin951

    11 ай бұрын

    @@teastrainer3604 Your experience in a single city is not the standard. There are plenty of cities with stable economies and residents who actually care about their communities.

  • @teastrainer3604

    @teastrainer3604

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rumplestiltskin951 I've lived in five states. People are OK with graffiti vandalism as long as it doesn't deface their own property. And elected officials want to ban gas stoves but not regulate the sale of spray paint.

  • @rumplestiltskin951

    @rumplestiltskin951

    11 ай бұрын

    @@teastrainer3604 Nevertheless, numerous cities do care about their image and have endeavored to combat graffiti vandalism in cities and not just on residents’ property. As for your comment about gas stoves, I am not sure why that is relevant.

  • @matthewferguson7084
    @matthewferguson708411 ай бұрын

    Thumbnail = Imaginos

  • @carlwalker9635
    @carlwalker9635 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, the only problem is your not even questioning the mainstream narratives of when, and how these buildings were built. Americans in these cities did not have the manpower, nor even electrical tools to have created these buildings, they were in existence long before their cover stories. You will find no legitimate construction photographs of any of the buildings you have shown. The most you will find are scaffolding around a building which proves nothing. HH Richardson was a bogus character.

  • @kooptt

    @kooptt

    11 ай бұрын

    You can find under construction photos for a lot of buildings actually, penn station and the singer building come to mind

  • @pnw_wanderer9786

    @pnw_wanderer9786

    11 ай бұрын

    You need to get on, or off, those meds buddy

  • @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    @user-sf4fy8bq1h

    11 ай бұрын

    You are gullible and too arrogant to question your gullibility; you will be taken advantage of by people who are smarter than you and you will thank them for the privilege.

  • @emperorbobarino

    @emperorbobarino

    10 ай бұрын

    Please, tell us about the great mud flood of whenever the hell it supposedly happened.

  • @jkm3297
    @jkm3297 Жыл бұрын

    The grand buildings were already here before the 'settlers' came

  • @chrisc47

    @chrisc47

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Then they disappeared to not raise future questions via BS Wars, BS Fires....(a favourite of theirs) But the questions have come... We know the story...but unfortunately most do not...

  • @Val.Kyrie.

    @Val.Kyrie.

    Жыл бұрын

    Bingo.

  • @Deuter14.2

    @Deuter14.2

    11 ай бұрын

    Who said settlers “came here”?? That is begging the question. Who said the white race has not always been here and the official narrative is attempting to hide the truth. There has always been massive amounts of Whites here and whites have built everything we see in these pictures. The question is, which tribes of Whites and how old are they really? How old are these photos and videos really? Photography is not that complicated btw. Whites could build these structures but couldn’t document them? That is gravely naive thinking.

  • @ciaranmcmahon1991

    @ciaranmcmahon1991

    11 ай бұрын

    tartaria

  • @Deuter14.2

    @Deuter14.2

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ciaranmcmahon1991 how vague…

  • @graycat117
    @graycat11711 ай бұрын

    The US just likes pumping out ugly, cheap, uninspiring buildings nowadays. You have to go to the Northeast or Chicago to see actual beautiful architecture from times past.

  • @pedallinraw
    @pedallinraw10 ай бұрын

    One world civilisation ☺️👍🏻

  • @khalidalali186
    @khalidalali18610 ай бұрын

    America used to be beautiful. Nowadays, you need to drive everywhere, and it all looks the same. It’s been that way since the 50s. Living there for seven years while attending medical school, were some of the worst days of my life. Everything was ugly, everything. I regret my decision of accepting that CoE from America, over the one I got from the UK and Ireland, everyday, and will for the rest of my life. I could’ve lived in human-centric, walkable cities, that are not car dependent for seven long years. Oh, and I’m from a country that simply copy-pasted the American system, when it comes to urban planning, architecture, suburbs, and last but not least, parking lots.

  • @hexayin
    @hexayin10 ай бұрын

    TTS voice. Not watching. If you are going to make videos, at least make them with a little bit of soul, especially since that is what you seem to want to preach about.

  • @ErdosKONYS
    @ErdosKONYS11 күн бұрын

    Өте керемет видео!!!💥💫💯Өте ұнады!!!👍👍👍Сіздің каналға жазылдым!!!✍

  • @watchmyv1deo-yd2bo
    @watchmyv1deo-yd2bo Жыл бұрын

    proof that were losing hummanity history

  • @hardluck8732

    @hardluck8732

    11 ай бұрын

    Oy vey I wonder why

  • @BleedForTheWorld

    @BleedForTheWorld

    11 ай бұрын

    Read a book

  • @Sheboobellach
    @Sheboobellach10 ай бұрын

    Robot voice, thumbs down

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