20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

Sometimes pieces of property end up being unnecessary for their owners (whether it be private individuals or states) for various reasons. Some try to renovate the buildings by finding them a new purpose and reconstructing them, others simply sell them. That’s how a former school might end up becoming an apartment building, while a former railway station can become a fast-food restaurant.

We at The Elite Indian love changes and here are 20+ cool examples of reconstructed buildings that’ve moved on and now have a totally different function.

1. “My house used to be a police station and my bathroom is an old jail cell, the original window is still in place.”

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

2. “Our house used to be a bank, so we use the old safe/vault as a basement.”

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

3. “My college used to be a shopping mall.”

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

4. “The apartment building I live in used to be a school.”

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

5. This old grain silo is now student housing.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

By the way, you can see here how the building looks from inside.

6. The grocery store that used to be a hockey stadium

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

7. “This pharmacy in my neighborhood used to be a bank and they use its vault as their vitamin section.”

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

8. This money vault is now part of a library.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

9. A gym that used to be a bank

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

10. An old railroad maintenance shop was converted into a brewery.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

11. The Pine Box bar used to be a mortuary back in the day.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

12. This Dunkin’ Donuts coffee shop used to be a car wash.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

13. This former train station near Paris is now a McDonald’s.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

14. Another McDonald’s is also located in a former railway station and this time it’s in Budapest.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

15. Waterpark built in a former airship hangar, Krausnick, Germany

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

16. Old Glory Bar (Nashville, USA) is located in an old industrial laundromat.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

17. Church turned into bookstore and café in Zwolle, The Netherlands

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

18. The building of The Liberty Hotel (Boston, USA) used to be a prison.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

19. “The company I work for converted an old mall into an office!”

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

20. This supermarket in Venice used to be a theatre.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

21. Detroit’s Michigan Theatre was repurposed as a parking garage.

20+ Buildings That’ve Been Reconstructed and Now They Serve a Totally Different Purpose

Of course, it’s really sad that a building like Detroit’s Michigan Theatre has been turned into a parking lot. The good thing is that these buildings don’t get demolished, but instead are given a new, often very unusual, life. Which of these repurposed buildings impressed you most of all?

Preview photo credit rebuffedchaff8 / reddit

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