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Things that aren't there anymore
Do we have a thread on things that aren't there any longer? Buildings, Amusement parks, car manufacturers, etc.?
I'll start, Blenheim Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey (I believe the site of Bally's Casino). Built in 1902, closed in 1978, demolished in 1978. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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For some reason I can't find a photograph anywhere in my files or on the interwebs, but I'll go with Atlantis.
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Astroworld in Houston existed when I got here in 1995, but is gone today.
Krakatoa was mostly erased off the map in 1883. Santorini is just a tiny bit of what it once was, but that happened in the 16th century, I think. That hotel is really something. Lots of stuff like that is gone, and often they are replaced with crap.
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Common Sense?
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World Forestry Center
Oregon lost world's biggest log cabin in spectacular 1964 fire | Offbeat Oregon History ![]()
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Tillamook Blimp Hangar
https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/blimp-base-devouring-inferno-reaches-25-year-anniversary/article_f676a39a-8cf7-11e7-a97f-bf02e56b217c.html ![]()
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![]() ![]() Spent quite a few Sundays there. Last time was when they won the NFC Championship vs. San Fran in January 1994.
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I was just shy of my seventh birthday and my parents had taken me shopping at Montgomery Ward. The fire must've started within minutes of us leaving because when we got home the news was reporting that the old log building was aflame.
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I remember as a small child going to the Indian Lake amusement park, that was located in Russel's Point Ohio. in my 20s the only thing remaining was a rusting frame of the roller coaster, and now in my 50s, the whole area is high end condos with water access.
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here. this is closer to home. down the hill from my home and I put a pin in it to visit "someday"
it's called RoundBarn. old winery or something. a wildfire came and wiped it from existence. sucked. now it will be an area of fancy homes I cant afford. ![]()
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Across the river on highest point in North Augusta. Had a golf course, too. Back when Augusta-Aiken area was trying to be a winter resort.
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Defunct go kart track in New Jersey.
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Not completely gone but almost, "dial Tone".
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Do a google search for 'American Steel mfg factories'.
Riverside. Ontario. And soon, California Speedway. That photo of the van and the trailer at the Indian Dunes sign looks like a still from On Any Sunday!
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Motor Vu drive in movie theatre, Lebanon, Oregon. Now part of a super Wal-Mart complex.
It's called "progress"...
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Twin Towers :-(
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My brown flowing hair!
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San Francisco Playland at the Beach & The Fun House. I used to go there when I was a kid. It's condos now. I miss the rides that were, by today's standards, dangerous. Like the record player that would be crammed full of kids and we would see who could stay on the longest as it tossed kids off.
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