Buildings That Now Serve Other Purposes (32 pics)

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"Moved Here 4 Years Ago. Converted Victorian Church In England. Love This Room"

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"The Building Used For The Swimming Events At The 2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing Was Transformed Into This Dope-Looking Waterpark"

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"In Germany There Is Waterpark Called Tropical Islands. It's A Literal Tropical Island Built Inside An Old Blimp Hangar"

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"Gas Station Greenhouse"

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"My Gym Used To Be Part Of An Asylum Complex. The Pool Used To Be A Church And The Confession Booths Are Now A Sauna"

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"Vienna Gasometers: Gas Storage Tanks First Built In 1896 And Converted Into Mixed-Use Developments Between 1995 And 2001"

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"Niccolò Paganini Auditorium, Parma, Italy, An Abandoned Sugar Factory Converted Into A Concert Hall By Renzo Piano In 1996"

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"This Abandoned Church Was Purchased By Skaters And Renovated Into A Dream Park"

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"My New Apartment Still Has The Original Molding From When It Was A Hotel Ballroom In 1923"

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"Dublin: An 11th Century Viking Well And Stone Under A Local Shop"

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"Stamba Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia, Designed In 2018 By Adjara Group And Located In An Old Printing House"

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"My House Turned 101 Today (Originally A 1920’s Corner Grocery)"

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"The Hospital I Work For Was Originally Designed To Be A Hotel"

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"My Town’s Library Is Under Construction, So They’re Using An Old Grocery Store As The Temporary Library"

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"This Defunct Subway Entrance Is A Working Subway Entrance"

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"A Former Grain Silo In Oslo, Now Converted To Student Housing"

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"The Grand Concourse Built In 1898. Once Train Station Is Now A Restaurant In Pittsburgh, PA"

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"This McDonald's In New Zealand Has A Decommissioned Plane You Can Dine In"

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"A Ship's Bridge That Has Been Removed And Converted Into A House"

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"This Hotel Is An Old Prison"

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"Old Bank Was Transformed Into A Hotel, They Kept The Vault As A Meeting Room"

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"Old Church Turned Into A 24/7 Pancake Restaurant'"

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"Regional Coffee Chain Buys Gas Station, Uses Car Wash As Drive Through"

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"My Girlfriend’s Office Used To Be A Bowling Alley. The Original Lanes Are Still There"

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"The Old Don Jail (1864) In Toronto Converted Into Offices For The Newly Built Hospital Beside It In 2013"

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"This Hotel Is Built Out Of Train Cars"

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"Old Silo In Söderköping, Sweden, Repurposed As Housing"

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"McDonald's In The Art Deco Former "United Kingdom Hotel", Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Australia"

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"These Apartments Used To Be A YMCA"

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"Old Church Converted Into A Gym"