Every building,
by the year it was built.
Pick a city and press play. Dated surviving buildings rise along the timeline. Documented former buildings appear in rust and disappear in their recorded demolition year. Historical locations without outlines appear as dots. Coverage is partial, so an empty block does not mean that nothing stood there.
Construction dates come from local building records and OpenStreetMap. Census-tract medians are no longer assigned to individual buildings. Missing dates stay unknown. Each city lists its sources and historical coverage, including places where no usable demolition history was found.
100 cities · Free to explore · Browse the print collection ↗United States
80 citiesAlbuquerque
New Mexico- Buildings
- With a year
- 141,116
- 94%
Anchorage
Alaska- Buildings
- With a year
- 22,105
- 91%
Ann Arbor
Michigan- Buildings
- With a year
- 33,060
- 95%
Asheville
North Carolina- Buildings
- With a year
- 42,409
- 83%
Atlanta
Georgia- Buildings
- With a year
- 149,845
- 64%
Austin
Texas- Buildings
- With a year
- 144,937
- 89%
Baltimore
Maryland- Buildings
- With a year
- 240,659
- 84%
Berkeley
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 88,064
- 38%
Boston
Massachusetts- Buildings
- With a year
- 123,190
- 98%
Boulder
Colorado- Buildings
- With a year
- 27,525
- 35%
Bozeman
Montana- Buildings
- With a year
- 22,411
- 0%
Brooklyn
New York- Buildings in New York
- With a year
- 1,671,379
- 90%
Buffalo
New York- Buildings
- With a year
- 158,553
- 55%
Burlington
Vermont- Buildings
- With a year
- 20,088
- 0%
Charleston
South Carolina- Buildings
- With a year
- 35,693
- 10%
Charlotte
North Carolina- Buildings
- With a year
- 93,844
- 58%
Chattanooga
Tennessee- Buildings
- Years
- 43,618
- none published
Chicago
Illinois- Buildings
- With a year
- 1,283,888
- 35%
Cincinnati
Ohio- Buildings
- With a year
- 114,785
- 8%
Cleveland
Ohio- Buildings
- With a year
- 217,333
- 0%
Colorado Springs
Colorado- Buildings
- With a year
- 84,305
- 0%
Columbus
Ohio- Buildings
- With a year
- 174,088
- 36%
Dallas
Texas- Buildings
- With a year
- 692,683
- 91%
Denver
Colorado- Buildings
- With a year
- 241,130
- 80%
Detroit
Michigan- Buildings
- With a year
- 152,790
- 63%
Durham
North Carolina- Buildings
- With a year
- 41,556
- 0%
El Paso
Texas- Buildings
- With a year
- 348,601
- 0%
Fort Worth
Texas- Buildings
- With a year
- 174,287
- 96%
Grand Rapids
Michigan- Buildings
- With a year
- 88,303
- 76%
Honolulu
Hawaii- Buildings
- With a year
- 47,902
- 0%
Houston
Texas- Buildings
- With a year
- 970,194
- 86%
Indianapolis
Indiana- Buildings
- With a year
- 142,289
- 0%
Jacksonville
Florida- Buildings
- With a year
- 121,451
- 92%
Kansas City
Missouri- Buildings
- With a year
- 119,010
- 48%
Key West
Florida- Buildings
- With a year
- 10,132
- 97%
Knoxville
Tennessee- Buildings
- With a year
- 47,629
- 0%
Las Vegas
Nevada- Buildings
- With a year
- 709,021
- 0%
Lexington
Kentucky- Buildings
- With a year
- 89,764
- 0%
Los Angeles
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 2,405,083
- 96%
Louisville
Kentucky- Buildings
- With a year
- 144,625
- 0%
Madison
Wisconsin- Buildings
- With a year
- 52,366
- 79%
Manhattan
New York- Buildings in New York
- With a year
- 1,671,379
- 90%
Memphis
Tennessee- Buildings
- With a year
- 88,861
- 0%
Miami
Florida- Buildings
- With a year
- 163,122
- 94%
Milwaukee
Wisconsin- Buildings
- With a year
- 179,490
- 84%
Minneapolis
Minnesota- Buildings
- With a year
- 202,400
- 97%
Nashville
Tennessee- Buildings
- With a year
- 119,230
- 93%
New Orleans
Louisiana- Buildings
- With a year
- 217,669
- 0%
New York
New York- Buildings
- With a year
- 1,671,379
- 90%
Oakland
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 156,785
- 12%
Orlando
Florida- Buildings
- With a year
- 102,033
- 98%
Palm Springs
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 39,577
- 0%
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania- Buildings
- With a year
- 354,338
- 29%
Phoenix
Arizona- Buildings
- With a year
- 997,597
- 88%
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania- Buildings
- With a year
- 248,791
- 86%
Portland, Maine
Maine- Buildings
- With a year
- 26,814
- 0%
Portland, Oregon
Oregon- Buildings
- With a year
- 189,473
- 92%
Providence
Rhode Island- Buildings
- With a year
- 79,352
- 0%
Queens
New York- Buildings in New York
- With a year
- 1,671,379
- 90%
Raleigh
North Carolina- Buildings
- With a year
- 80,298
- 95%
Richmond
Virginia- Buildings
- With a year
- 139,792
- 0%
Rochester
New York- Buildings
- With a year
- 100,432
- 0%
Sacramento
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 125,454
- 0%
Saint Paul
Minnesota- Buildings
- With a year
- 115,635
- 88%
Salt Lake City
Utah- Buildings
- With a year
- 101,547
- 70%
San Antonio
Texas- Buildings
- With a year
- 566,691
- 93%
San Diego
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 183,587
- 0%
San Francisco
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 178,119
- 88%
San Jose
California- Buildings
- With a year
- 200,988
- 0%
Santa Fe
New Mexico- Buildings
- With a year
- 18,076
- 0%
Savannah
Georgia- Buildings
- With a year
- 40,149
- 77%
Seattle
Washington- Buildings
- With a year
- 175,490
- 76%
Spokane
Washington- Buildings
- With a year
- 94,382
- 0%
St. Louis
Missouri- Buildings
- With a year
- 138,238
- 77%
St. Petersburg
Florida- Buildings
- With a year
- 132,185
- 98%
Staten Island
New York- Buildings in New York
- With a year
- 1,671,379
- 90%
Tampa
Florida- Buildings
- With a year
- 134,196
- 98%
The Bronx
New York- Buildings in New York
- With a year
- 1,671,379
- 90%
Tucson
Arizona- Buildings
- With a year
- 126,073
- 0%
Washington, DC
District of Columbia- Buildings
- With a year
- 241,692
- 61%
Canada
3 citiesAustralia
2 citiesJapan
2 citiesUnited Kingdom
2 citiesDenmark
1 cityFrance
1 cityGermany
1 cityIreland
1 cityItaly
1 cityMexico
1 cityNetherlands
1 cityPortugal
1 citySingapore
1 citySpain
1 citySweden
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Block and Paper makes printed street maps of the places you live. These building age maps grew out of the same data and the same habit of staring at a city until it makes sense.