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#2

This Former Theatre In Buenos Aires Transformed Into A Bookstore

Final score:

314points

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MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago

i would spend hour there, perfect combination of books and architecture

59points

#3

Hotel I Stayed At Was Formerly A Train Station And Had An Actual Train Inside It, With Rooms Inside Each Car

Final score:

277points

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CherylTunt 4 years ago

crowne plaza hotel indianapolis union station

52points

#4

My Friend’s Living Room In Brooklyn, NY. The Apartment Is Built Inside An Old Church

Final score:

268points

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ZombieGirl 4 years ago

I would never move out lol

60points

#5

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

Final score:

266points

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Lisa loves cats 4 years ago

That looks super fun!!!

40points

#6

Architect Turns Old WWII Era Cement Factory Into His Home

Final score:

240points

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I’m Foxxy and I know it 😉 4 years ago

The outside give it more of a castle feel than a factory, looks very open inside. I really like an open floor plan and natural lighting.

48points

#7

Church Repurposed Into Dominicanen Bookstore In Maastricht, Netherlands Is Now In The Top 10 Most Beautiful Bookstores Worldwide

Final score:

220points

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*Clears throat* 4 years ago

omg i would never leave

33points

#8

The Liberty Hotel In Boston Which Was Formerly The Charles St Jail

Final score:

218points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

I would book a night there just to experience how it looks and feels.

32points

#9

A 100-Year-Old Church In Spain Converted Into A Skatepark

Final score:

201points

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Sunzilla 4 years ago

At least the building is getting some use.

37points

#10

Waterpark "Tropical Islands" In A Former Airship Hangar In Krausnick, Germany

Final score:

200points

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I’m Foxxy and I know it 😉 4 years ago

That looks like so much fun.

32points

#11

Old Rusty Ship Turned Into Stunning Building With Trees And Plants

Final score:

195points

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MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago

wow, this is gorgeous, the structure looks really cool

29points

#12

The Walgreens In My Neighborhood Used To Be A Bank And They Used Its Vault As Their Vitamin Section

Final score:

192points

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Slinkman 4 years ago

Do the workers there wear blue overalls? That would be awesome.

18points

#13

Some Lucky Bastard Gets To Live In This Church

Final score:

185points

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Radek Suski 4 years ago

I do not envy them for their heating bills though

68points

#14

The Tallest Indoor Climbing Wall Is Inside Of A Repurposed Grain Silo

Final score:

185points

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*Clears throat* 4 years ago

It looks like fun! who is coming with me?

26points

#15

My College Used To Be A Shopping Mall

Final score:

177points

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Bean59 4 years ago

ok,but what college is it???

26points

#16

My Apartment Building Used To Be A School

Final score:

175points

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*Clears throat* 4 years ago

do you get to use the lockers?

72points

#17

Revitalized One Of The Last Remaining Art Nouveau Brewhouses As A Bar, In The Middle Of Fürth Südstadt

Final score:

162points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

It's located in southern Germany. It has a very unique ambiance and it's not only a bar but a first class restaurant.

40points

#18

What Used To Be An Abandoned Church Is Now One Of The Most Powerful Supercomputing Centers In The World

Final score:

150points

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Giovanni 4 years ago

Do androids pray an electric god?

75points

#19

My House Used To Be A Police Station And My Bathroom Is An Old Jail Cell, The Original Window Is Still In Place

Final score:

148points

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Lisa loves cats 4 years ago

That is super interesting!

22points

#20

Former Power Station Converted Into An Industrial Cafe And Restaurant With Exposed Brickwork And Abundant Planting In Melbourne, Australia

Final score:

141points

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Phoebe Bean 4 years ago

Plants have the magical touch and make look fantastic these places!

24points

#21

Swimming Pool In Old Church: Netherne, Surrey

Final score:

139points

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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago

Perfect for mass christenings...if the church wants his building back :-)

38points

#22

This Hotel Used To Be A Brewery

Final score:

134points

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Stevie B 4 years ago

Why can't it be both? I think it would be awesome to stay at the brewery hotel.

40points

#23

My Hotel In Oxford, England Is A Former Prison

Final score:

132points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

At least this part has retained a bit of a prison charm.

33points

#24

Jail Turned Into Events Space In Melbourne, Australia

Final score:

130points

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Id row 4 years ago

Amazing what some colored lights can do. Changes the whole atmosphere.

27points

#25

Court Room That’s Now A Cafe. Cells Are The Toilets. St. Albans, England

Final score:

129points

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Lyop 4 years ago

Interesting transformation.

20points

#26

FBI Former NYC Headquarters Is Now A Target But They Kept This Safe

Final score:

127points

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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago

Yes, you better keep it, throwing out would cost a lot---

26points

#27

This Starbucks Drive-Thru In An Old Car Wash

Final score:

125points

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*Clears throat* 4 years ago

Where is that I wanna add it to my bucket list

27points

#28

My House Is A 20,000 Sq Ft 1926 Former Freemason Temple That We Have Been Renovating By Ourselves While Living Inside For The Past 2.5 Years

Final score:

125points

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Anne 4 years ago

With that much space, you can up do room by room and not be cramped for living space during the remodel!

38points

#29

Church Turned Into A Trampoline Park. The Hague, Netherlands

Final score:

120points

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I’m Foxxy and I know it 😉 4 years ago (edited)

Much better use than a church lol. Never too old to trampoline.

22points

#30

Ottawa's Jail Hostel, Each Cell Converted To A Two-Person Hostel Room

Final score:

118points

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Iris Engler 4 years ago

There was one in Switzerland but seems to be closed now. Pity I think it's an interesting idea

16points

#31

My School’s Library Used To Be A Bank

Final score:

113points

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Kathy Baylis 4 years ago

That would make an excellent Quiet Room!

30points

#32

My Hotel Room Used To Be A Chapel

Final score:

112points

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ƒιѕн 4 years ago

Would a little fornication feel weird there?

24points

#33

My Apartment Is An Old Police Station And Still Has The Original But Painted Cell Doors

Final score:

111points

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A Jones 4 years ago

That's really cool. :D

18points

#34

Former Chruch, Now Home To The Dutch Brewer, Jopen

Final score:

108points

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

This is perfect!

13points

#35

This Old Pool Converted Into Apartments

Final score:

103points

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Emerald Joanna 4 years ago

If they had some way to leave the pool still usable it might have been even cooler 😎

79points

#36

This Thrift Store Used To Be A Bowling Alley

Final score:

102points

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

A friend of mine used our bowling alleys floors when the bowling alley remodeled. His hallway is a bowling lane. I think he bought them.

25points

#37

My Apartment Used To Be A YMCA

Final score:

93points

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Ruth Mayfly 4 years ago

I like that they've left the markings on the floors.

32points

#38

This Satellite Lab Used To Be A McDonald's

Final score:

92points

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Bill 4 years ago

Moffet field

9points

#39

My House Used To Be A Bank, So We Use The Old Safe/Vault As A Basement

Final score:

91points

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bryguy 4 years ago

This would be a cool safe room. Although I suppose it would allow the robbers to lock you in... kinda defeats the purpose. Yeah, not a good safe room.

46points

#40

This Grocery Store Used To Be A Hockey Stadium

Final score:

91points

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ZombieGirl 4 years ago

Sorry for being morbid, but I really hope the grocery store keeps tabs on the stability of that sign thingy...it would be horrible if it fell

22points

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#41

The Gym I Go To Used To Be A Bank

Final score:

35points

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*Clears throat* 4 years ago

fancy, take it or leave it

3points

#42

A Church In St. Louis, Missouri That Became An Indoor Skatepark

Final score:

31points

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I’m Foxxy and I know it 😉 4 years ago

This reminds me of the song “Heaven is a half pipe”.

6points

#43

The Subway I Went To Today Used To Be A Bank. Instead Of Removing The Vault They Just Added More Seating Inside

Final score:

29points

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*Clears throat* 4 years ago

Imagine getting locked inside, it would make a great book

8points

#44

My Gym Used To Be A Church

Final score:

28points

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Slinkman 4 years ago

For a godley posture.

1point

#45

Detroit's Michigan Theatre Repurposed As A Parking Garage

Final score:

28points

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Radek Suski 4 years ago

It's actually pity

37points

#46

Supermarket In Venice Used To Be A Theatre

Final score:

25points

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$copper-fractions avatar$

Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago

And has totally ruined the character.

7points

#47

Another Church Turned Into A Climbing Gym

Final score:

24points

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*Clears throat* 4 years ago

i love the shapes and color

6points