This intriguing history uncovers the architectural gems that have been lost from the city of Birmingham forever. Featured here are city center buildings--such as those which once stood in Corporation Street and New Street--along with libraries, baths, markets, hospitals, schools, churches, pubs, theaters, and cinemas, as well as residential buildings and industrial buildings which have now been demolished in the name of progress. This is a fond, nostalgic look back at the buildings that once graced the streets of this great city.