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Glenn Youngkin, the governor of Virginia, and lawmakers agreed to remove the 15-story Pocahontas Building to make way for a new courtroom. The speaker notes this area in Richmond, Virginia, as a place where an entire episode has been produced, claims this city is incredible, and questions how many old world buildings have already been destroyed in this location. The Pocahontas Building is described as the building that will be torn down, with “civilization's construction” shown to the left and a castle in the background to the right. The speaker claims that if you weren’t watching the previous civilization, you would have missed it, and promises to show how fast history is being erased. They show the old world building, then zoom out to reveal it’s gone, with a sign reading “Virginia history in the making,” asserting that a brand new history is being created. The speaker says the General Assembly/Pocahontas Building is now gone and, before the castle behind it is shown, a tunnel connecting the new building to the historic state capital is under construction and will be open to the visiting public, allowing free movement between the two buildings inside the tunnel. The speaker asserts that although the tunnel is described as under construction, it is being used to remove other tunnels so this will be the only visible connection, and expresses interest in the tunnel as evidence of a much older underground complex.
The old city hall in Richmond is discussed, with the claim that nearly every USA city had Gothic revival style palaces and that this building used to be bigger and contained more buildings that were demolished. The Edmund Randolph House and a circa 1800 octagonal-ended house are claimed to be gone, and a first Presbyterian church supposedly moved. The speaker notes a design competition in 1883 and a push to demolish after 21 years, arguing the building is older than that narrative suggests, and contends the goal was to create a mall, which did not succeed; demolition threats resurfaced in the 1970s, but instead it was restored in the early 1980s. The Historic Richmond Foundation saved the Pocahontas Building, and the status page on their site is described as not good. Inside the old city hall, the architect Elijah E. Myers is highlighted as a figure tied to the buildings discussed, with speculation that Myers studied under Samuel Sloan and that his grave was unmarked until 2009.
The speaker names several other buildings tied to Myers, noting that many have been destroyed or altered (domes removed) and that six structures in multiple states are linked to him, including asylums in Mexico and Brazilian Parliament buildings in Rio de Janeiro—before 1895, with the Brazilian parliament building now demolished. A list of buildings that remain as of 2024 is briefly shown, including Knox County Courthouse in Galesburg, Illinois, with a controversial claim about a cornerstone laid by the Grand Lodge of Illinois Masons.
A bonus section questions why exploration of old world caves is discouraged, suggesting they are real and numerous. A 07/20/2024 four-alarm blaze at historic First Baptist Dallas is cited as an ongoing destruction of the old world, with reporting that the cause of the fire had not yet been disclosed. The episode ends with a discussion of a 2007 change in pastor at First Baptist Dallas, Robert Jeffress, who made statements in 2008, 2010, 2012 about various groups and the president, and notes a 2024 fire at the church, asking who lit that fire and whether the cause will ever be known. The speaker thanks badge members, Patreon supporters, and subscribers for supporting the channel and mentions cross-platform presence.