Hey Pandas, What Places Have You Been To That No Longer Exist? (Closed)

My childhood.

World Trade Center. Seen them first in person in 1995 and the last time in the fall of 2000. Came back to NYC in 2004. Seen what was left there. A big construction site, some of the old steel beams were still there as a reminder.

That sight did hit hard, had me in tears.

Been back later again, with the One World Trade Center almost completed. Felt very different. But seeing the big construction site with the huge hole in 2004 was hurtful.

My husband brought me a handmade and painted wall plaque from a market he visited in Ukraine. We have seen the photos of that market on the news, bombed out and abandoned.

My grandpah' house, in my memory it was like a magical place.. He was poor and had a lot of chickens, but also a lot of space and nature. A place full of clay where I could spend the day just making anything, or just getting dirty. There was a tiny swamp like place (we call it "brejo"), with crystal clear water, small fish and fragrant white flowers (Hemerocale, Lírio-de-São-José), this particular smell aways remember me of him. at the back of the property flowed the river "Garças". Short long story, his daughter and her greed husband build a house there, and little by little seize his space. Later, he just gave up and moved. Today the place is nothing like his former glory, the man cut down most of the trees, removed the swamp to create a fish pond and with little time it became muddy and fetid, the stream of water almost dryied out. The place I loved exist's today only in my memory and heart, like my Grandpah.

A video store. It used to be a whole ritual on a Friday going down and getting your movies. They had a burger bar and arcade games there too, it was awesome

West - Berlin. This island of "freedom" and capitalism in the heart of the socialist East - Germany. It drew its spirit from the Berlin Wall and the fact it was surrounded by an opposing political system.

toys r us
i used to love that place, my parents would take me there for my birthday every year

Someone has already mentioned East Germany, so I will add Yugoslavia. I was there before the Balkans War, in the part that is now Croatia. During the war, I made a couple trips to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

My childhood trampoline park. So many memories made. So many illnesses spread.

The original Wembley Stadium.

For concerts the acoustics could be a bit ‘iffy’ in spots… but blinkin heck… when full, that Stadium could ROAR!

Hairs would stand on end and the air practically sizzled with electricity when she was at her finest!

The GDR

Windows on the World. The restaurant on the, I think, 107th floor of Tower One of the World Trade Center. I celebrated a milestone birthday there. First and only time I had frog's legs. Interesting, but not enough to order them regularly. The view was indescribable; as high as the Empire State Building but surrounded by sheer opulence... and warmth. It was a bit pricey, but so worth it.

Shea Stadium in Queens. Saw the Beatles there in 1966. Now it's a parking lot.

One Elizabeth Street, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand. An old villa that was a student flat when I lived there. The place was haunted and we all had some very strange ghostly experiences. Many years later when I happened to be back in Christchurch with my partner I wanted to show him the old place but couldn't find it; couldn't even find mention of Elizabeth Street in maps. We drove around the area it should've been in for ages. Between the two massive Canterbury earthquakes of 4th September 2010 and 22nd February 2011 the place must have been wiped out.

Centralia, Pennsylvania. I live 90 minutes from here and have been there several times. Centralia was a mining town that had a fire occur inside the mine itself. This occurred in 1962 and the mine is still burning underneath the ground to this day. You can see smoke coming up through cracks in the roads it’s interesting to say the least. It also caused a portion of route 61 to be permanently closed to vehicles and it’s now known as graffiti highway because it’s covered in graffiti as it became a tradition to leave your mark if you visit. Graffiti highway is illegal to visit though and you will get fined if caught(plus they covered it with dirt) but Centralia itself has nothing to stop you from exploring it. Just be careful if anyone decides to check it out!

Also department stores such as Jamesway and Hills.

My dad's hometown. It too no longer exists, as of the 1970s.
And KMart, of course.

Geauga Lake Amusement Park! I grew up going there. It was about 3 miles from my Grandma's house. We would get summer passes and go all the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geauga_Lake

There used to be an artesian spring coming out of a mountainside. We stopped and filled bottles every time we passed it. It's still there but, thanks to people it is now polluted. It's the first thing that came to mind.

The town of Doel in Belgium.
The expanding port of Antwerp doomed it and people moved out

The original Tavern on the Green restaurant in Manhattan , NYC.