Great info here. For many years in Adelaide I have watched grand old showrooms, one after another get levelled - particularly in the CBD. Lovely old art deco buildings with huge areas of glass and incredibly high ceilings. Two that come to mind are what was last, the Adelaide cbd Mercedes dealer showroom in Flinders Street and what had been 'carcycle' Honda dealer in King Williams st south. Both dating back to the 20's. I can't remember their original marques but you could imagine the grandeur for those times and the 'ceremony' and social standing, with the significant investment in a luxury vehicle of the times. I think its a shame they didn't maintain at least the windows and pillars as a facade to the bland office blocks that now occupy the sites and perhaps preserve the proportions for retail and build the office block above it.... but what would i know! Old service stations too, but they usually go for road widening. I think it was the first petrol station in SA was on the corner of South Rd and Anzac Hwy and survived right up to 10 or so years ago but lost to a major road widening and underpass. Most recently a lovely big glass panelled servo, art deco rounded was destroyed for a road realignment. First image attached was from a story that showed plans to realign through some industrial land and preserve it in 2017 but then changed to going straight through it, a recently refurbished service station and took out many houses too. I guess the numbers must have added up. I do quote numbers for the project though - I am a retired ecologist / vehicle restorer (not that different, both breaking things down to fix components to restore something to its former glory!) This road realignment was 60 million dollars with their estimates of saving 3 minutes in peak hour commuting time. And yet recently it was a big deal to get 1 million to share across the state to help landholders maintain and restore their biodiversity, which also reduces fuel loads and provides nature refuge in bushfire situations. Digressing there, but whether it is preserving a bit of history or saving nature and our lives in bushfires, we obviously are not giving the right messages to politicians as to what we think is important and want our public dollars spent on. (But i do realise roads create jobs etc)