A review by marcus_bines
Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of Twenty Lost Buildings from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers by James Crawford

4.0

Some fascinating tales of buildings no longer with us, and the humans who interacted with them. I was more interested in the ancient edifices than the modern ones, but reading about the twin towers of the World Trade Center - the chapter featuring twin stories of the architect who designed it and the architect who became one of the pilots who destroyed it - hit me hard. When you've seen it fall to the ground many times in footage repeated over 20 years, the background becomes even more resonant. I recommend the book, with a confession that I picked and chose the buildings I was most curious to learn about.