A place to disappear

Papers write that remains of the chemistry hull of Technical university in the Old town of Riga will vanish quite soon. In 1990s half of the building was demolished in order to raise extra space for the reconstruction of the Town hall (Rātsnams). I am sure in the near future they gonna build something much more ugly than this, with a lot of glass.
The black and white photograph from 1989 feature the place - it's that long dark building.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus, the bottom one - Latinform