The Demolition of the Century Building


LOCATION: 905 Olive Street; Downtown; Saint Louis, Missouri
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: 1897; 1912 (alterations)
ARCHITECTS: Raeder and Coffin; Albert Groves (alterations)
CURRENT OWNER: Missouri Development Finance Board

documentation: text

Preservation and Profiteering
Kevin Priestner - LBJ Journal, August 28, 2005

Critics Say National Trust Helped Doom Renowned St. Louis Building
Architectural Record, May 11, 2005

Balling Half the Night
Mike Seely - Riverfront Times, December 22, 2004

We Lose More than the Century Building
Michael R. Allen - The Commonspace, December 2004

Terror on Ninth Street
Michael R. Allen - November 29, 2004

Before the Ball
Randall Roberts - Riverfront Times, October 27, 2004

Going Postal
Randall Roberts - Riverfront Times, January 28, 2004

Wrecking Bell
Elizabeth Vega - Public Defender, October 3, 2002

The Biggest Windfall in St. Louis History
Michael R. Allen - St. Louis Indymedia, April 1, 2002

Wrecking Crew
Elizabeth Vega - Riverfront Times, March 20, 2002

Technical Review, Century Theater and Office Building, St. Louis
Inland Architect and News Record, August 1897


other coverage

St. Louis Building Arts Foundation

Remember the Century

Built St. Louis: The Century Building

The Century Building (Photos by Kurt Groetsch)

Death of the Century Building
Poem read at fundraiser on June 25, 2005.

Fundraising Effort Announced to Defend Downtown Residents Sued by City, State
Press release, June 5, 2005. It ain't over yet.


documentation: images

Shouldn't This Be Done By Now?
Garage progress, June 2006

A Concrete Shaft is All that Steve Has to Show to the City!
The site on November 5, 2005

Progress?
The site on July 15, 2005

Unsafe Stay Away
Photographs by Eric Seelig

Cleaning Up
Photos from February 28, 2005

Excavation
Photos from February 12 and 18, 2005

The Last Stand
The last above-ground part of the buidling fell on February 5, 2005

Getting Closer
Photos from February 3, 2005

It's Almost Gone
Photos from February 1, 2005

What a Difference One Day Makes
Photos from January 6 & 7, 2005

Night Wrecking
Photos from December 27 & 29, 2004

Daytime Wrecking
Quicktime movie footage, made December 29, 2004

Erasing the Edges
Photos from December 27, 2004

Ground Zero: Photos from the Art St. Louis Gallery
Photos from December 9 - 17, 2004

Photos, November 26, 2004

Photos, October 29-30, 2004

The Demolition of the Century Brings to Mind...
...something else downtown that is lost.


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