Built St. Louis: Crumbling Landmarks

St. Louis City Hospital: Tower Building
Long a point of controversy, the Tower Building was a handsome structure that, sadly, clashed in scale with most of the complex and -- since the neighboring Darste-Webbe housing towers have been destroyed -- the surrounding neighborhood as well. Most renovation plans dismissed it as unworkable outside of an institutional context. Demolition began on the building in December 2002.