2 Columbus Circle
(Ezra Stoller, 1964 ŠESTO)

GM&O Railroad Passenger Terminal (Scott Dwelle)

Thingvalla Lutheran Church

TRANSITIONS

THREATENED
1964 Two Columbus Circle, New York City: designed by Edward Durell Stone as gallery for art collection of A&P heir Huntington Hartford, considered for extensive exterior changes by prospective owner, Museum of Arts and Design

1936 Cypress Gardens, Polk Co., Fla.: state's first theme park—200 acres of botanical gardens, Florida-shaped pool, stadiums, butterfly conservatory, and Island in the Sky ride—closed and for sale

SAVED
1910 T.B. Story Mansion, Bozeman, Mont.: survived long occupation by college fraternity, bought for $1.3 million by city to hold, pending fundraising for restoration

RESTORED
1907 GM&O Railroad Passenger Terminal, Mobile, Ala.: vacant and deteriorating since 1986, brought back to life as bus terminal, retail space, and offices with $19 million of public and private money

1874 Eads Bridge, St. Louis: repaired and reopened to motor and light-rail traffic, bicyclists, and pedestrians crossing the Mississippi

LOST
1948 Howard Meyer–designed modern house, Highland Park, Tex.: demolished to make way for 10,500-square-foot McMansion in community of rampant teardowns

1892 Thingvalla Lutheran Church, Mountain, N.D.: last surviving structure of Icelandic settlement called Eyford destroyed by fire that also claimed original organ, pews, and altar statue

COLLAPSED
1900 Kinzua Viaduct, McKean Co., Pa.: closed last year for repairs to half-mile-long, 301-foot-high steel structure, brought down by tornado

FOR SALE
Pieces of Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay: chips of old cellblock from The Rock going for $4.95 a box, reducing rubble from National Park Service's renovation but setting a dubious precedent for souvenirs