Nobody taking the A52 ring road recently can have failed to have noticed the ongoing destruction of the former Imperial Tobacco building near to Clifton Bridge.
The old Horizon Factory was the company's production and distribution base from the late 1960s until 2016, but is now being demolished to make way for a 28-acre industrial site and new car showroom.
While few would claim that the factory was one of the Nottingham's most attractive buildings, its departure is yet another sign of the way the city is constantly changing and evolving, as the old makes way for the new.
There are other buildings, however, whose loss has caused significantly more anguish as years have gone by; structures which, were they still around today, would surely be major attractions or - at the very least - the centrepieces of new developments. And that's without even taking into consideration whole streets which have gone such as Drury Hill.
Here then is our list of the top 11 most iconic, illustrious, famous and splendid buildings and structures that Nottingham has lost.
11. Postern Street bridge
This Watson Fothergill-designed bridge across Postern Street connected the main Nottingham General Hospital building with some of its outlying wards.
It was demolished in 1994, two years after the hospital closed.
Going, going....The exact moment these iconic buildings in Nottinghamshire were demolished
10. Forest Rec grandstand
Before moving to Colwick in 1892, Nottingham's main racecourse was at the Forest Recreation Ground.
And to help race-goers keep up with the action, there could use a two-storey brick grandstand, which can be seen on the right of the photo above.
Built in 1777, the grandstand was demolished in 1912.
9. The Walter Fountain
This fountain at the junction of Greyfriar Gate, Lister Gate and Carrington Street was built in 1866 in honour of John Walter, chief proprietor of The Times, by his son John.
Road improvements led to the fountain being demolished in the 1950s.
8. Nottingham Workhouse
Its purpose - and the conditions inside it - might stick in the craw of modern sensibilities, but there's no doubt the old workhouse in York Street was an imposing building.
Housing more than 1,000 homeless poor people, the brick building was built in the 1840s - although there had been another workhouse on the site since way back 1723. Anyone under 60 was segregated from those of the opposite sex.
It was demolished to make way for Victoria Station, which opened in 1900 (and was itself demolished in 1967 ahead of the Victoria Centre construction).
As the new Bagthorpe workhouse on the site of what is now the City Hospital wasn't finished until 1903, that meant several years where the poorest members of society had to be put into temporary accommodation until the new site was ready.
7. Nottingham Evening Post building
Forgive us for including this one, but the Forman Street home of the Evening Post was certainly a grand old building.
It was built by newspaper proprietor Thomas Forman on the corner of Sherwood Street and what was then known as North Street.
He bought the plot of land in 1870 because he wanted to move his Daily Guardian paper from Long Row, and the building was completed in 1871. Within another seven years the building had a new title which was based there - the Nottingham Evening Post.
Thomas Forman died in 1888, and in 1905 the name of North Street was changed to Forman Street. The Post moved to Castle Wharf in 1998 and the Corner House complex was built on the site.
6. House of Correction
If anything kept Nottinghamians on the straight and narrow, it was this place.
The House of Correction stood at the corner of Glasshouse Street and King Edward Street and was originally built in 1600. Those who were sent there - allegedly those who were "unwilling to work" - had to endure frequent whippings and hours of toil on spinning wheels, producing sack cloth, woven hair and rough linen.
In 1815 it was rebuilt, with a gallows included for good measure.
It was demolished in 1891 and the Palais de Danse was later built on the site, opening in 1925.
5. Black Boy Hotel
For almost a century until its demolition, the Black Boy Hotel in Long Row was one of Nottingham's most well-known buildings.
The hotel was built in 1887 by Watson Fothergill on the site of an earlier inn, and enlarged in 1897.
With an American bar, a gentlemen’s-only bar, a writing room, a hairdressing salon and a central tower with stone lions at its base, it enjoyed its heyday in the the years immediately before and after the Second World War.
Celebrities including Gracie Fields, George Formby, Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier stayed there - as well as the Australian cricket team, who famously asked for the Little John – the bell of the Council House clock – silenced at night.
Demolished in 1969, the site is now a Primark.
4. Empire Theatre
Ken Dodd made his first professional performance here, in 1954. Charlie Chaplin, Houdini, and Morecambe and Wise also appeared here.
The Empire Theatre of Varieties, to give it its full name, opened in 1898.
It closed six decades later in 1958, although it wasn't until 1969 that it was demolished to make way for the Royal Concert Hall.
3. Victoria Station
As mentioned above, Nottingham Victoria Station only lasted for 67 years, from 1900 to 1967. But with its vast, cavernous roof and iconic clock tower, it compared favourably to any of the main stations in London.
The old clock tower still remains, of course, at the entrance to the intu Victoria Centre.
Watch this great video taking you back through time at Nottingham's Victoria Station
2. Holy Trinity Church
Just imagine that, instead of a large car park and a slightly underwhelming public open space, Trinity Square had a magnificent church with the tallest spire in the city, set apart from the surrounding buildings.
That was Holy Trinity Church, built in 1841. It lost the spire in 1941 after being damaged by German bombs, but the church survived until 1958 when it made way for a car park.
1. Nottingham Castle
It couldn't really be anything else, could it?
The castle site may be currently undergoing a £30m transformation, but nothing can really detract from the fact that our 'castle' is actually a 17th century mansion house rather than a proper medieval castle.
The original castle was built in 1067, initially in wood and later in stone, and survived until it was deliberately burned down in 1651 at the end of the Civil War. The ducal mansion was built on the site 27 years later.
* Have any other suggestions? Email david.whitfield@nottinghampost.com.
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