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Aston, Birmingham, UK
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Aston, Birmingham, UK
Rebuilt 1957
Arbol de la Noche Triste
Mexico City Burned 1980 This is a tree in the center of Mexico City. Under this tree the Spaniard Hernan Cortes – aka el Conquistador, cried as he was defeated by the Mexicas. He then went on to win against the Mexicas and conquered Mexico for the Spanish. The tree stayed there over centuries. As […]
Balmville Tree
Balmville, Newburgh, New York, USA Felled The Disappointed Tourist: Balmville Tree, Ellen Harvey, 2024. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18″ (61 x 46 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. The Balmville Tree was the oldest known eastern cottonwood in the Eastern United States. Local legend had it that the tree grew when George Washington planted his walking stick […]
Bay Point
Bay Point, New Jersey, USA Blue Acres Expropriation The Disappointed Tourist: Bay Point, Ellen Harvey, 2024. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Bay Point was a small town on the Delaware Bay, popular for fishing and crabbing with a marina and houses dotting the shore. Once […]
Bed & Breakfast
Tipperary, Ireland Closed 1977 The Disappointed Tourist: Bed & Breakfast, Ellen Harvey, 2023. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. A Bed & Breakfast located at 34 Kickham Street, Carrick on Suir, Tipperary, Ireland that closed in 1977. The painting is based on a contemporary photograph of […]
Birmingham Central Library
Birmingham, UK Demolished The Disappointed Tourist: Birmingham Central Library, Ellen Harvey, 2024. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Birmingham Central Library was the main public library from 1974 until 2013, when it was demolished and replaced by the new Library of Birmingham. It replaced a prior library […]
Blockbuster Video
USA Closed The Disappointed Tourist: Blockbuster Video, Ellen Harvey, 2024. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Blockbuster video was an American video rental store chain, founded by David Cook in 1985 as a stand-alone video rental shop that grew into a national store chain. At its peak in 2004, […]
El Bosque Encantado
La Garita, Alajuela, Costa Rica Closed 1995 The Disappointed Tourist: El Bosque Encantado, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18″ (61 x 46 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. El Bosque Encantado (the Enchanted Forest) was a Costa Rican amusement park founded in 1976 by Don Álvaro and Doña Carmen in La Garita. The painting doesn’t have […]
Henri Bendel
New York, New York, USA Closed 2019 The Disappointed Tourist: Henri Bendel, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18″ (61 x 46 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Henri Bendel was originally a women’s accessories store, founded in 1895. Its luxurious flagship department store was located at 712 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It is mentioned in […]
Chacaltaya Glacier
El Alto, Bolivia Melted 2009 The Chacaltaya Glacier melted away in 2009, six years earlier than scientists had anticipated, due to the increased pace of climate change. It was once the world’s highest ski resort. It was part of the Tuni Condioriri mountain glacier system which provides water for the people of El Alto and […]
Christchurch Greyfriars
London, England, UK Bombed 1940 The Disappointed Tourist: Christchurch Greyfriars, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18″ (61 x 46 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Christchurch Greyfriars, also known as Christchurch Newgate Street, located in London opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral, was a church built to the design of Sir Christopher Wren to […]
Didcot A Power Station
Oxfordshire, UK Demolished The Disappointed Tourist: Didcot A Power Station, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. Didcot A Power Station was a coal and gas-fired power plant designed by architect Frederick Gibberd. Construction was completed in 1968 and the station began functioning in 1970. […]
Eighty Acres Neighborhood
Elsmere, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Demolished The Disappointed Tourist: Eight Acres Neighborhood, Ellen Harvey, 2021. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. A concentration of African American households are found in the southwest portion of Glassboro, known as Elsmere, which predates the official formation of the town […]
Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace
Los Angeles, California, USA Closed 1981 Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace was converted from a bowling alley into a roller rink in 1979, becoming a brief sensation for its live bands and celebrity guest list. An episode of Charlies Angels (Angels on Skates) was filmed there in 1979. It closed in 1981 and today the building […]
Gare de Saint Germain en Laye
France Demolished In 1835, the brothers Pereire obtained a concession from the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain. It was the first line departing Paris and the first line to carry passengers as well as good in France. They opened their 19 km line in 1837, but only as far as Le Pecq […]
Graham’s Rib Station
Springfield, Missouri, USA Closed 1995 Graham’s Rib Station was opened in 1932 on Route 66 a young African-American couple, James and Zelma Graham who had fortunately taken their savings out of the bank just a few days before the stock market crash. James Graham died in 1956, but Zelma ran the business until 1996, living […]
Ghost Parking Lot
New Hamden Plaza, Connecticut, USA Demolished Ghost Parking Lot was a public artwork commissioned by the Hamden Plaza shopping center in 1978 from SITE (an architecture and environmental arts studio founded by James Wines in 1970). The artwork consisted of 20 cars covered in asphalt. According to the plaque at the project, the artwork was […]
My Grandparents Backyard
Bellmawr, New Jersey, USA Sold They had the best tree swing and vegetable garden. Lots of great memories from playing in their backyard in Bellmawr, NJ as a child. Laurie L.
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow, Scotland, UK Burned 2019 The Glasgow School of Art’s Building (affectionately known as “The Mack”), was designed by Charles Rennie Mackinstosh and was completed in 1909 for what was then knowns as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 2014, the building was severely damaged by fire and work on its restoration was almost […]
Hong Kong before 1997
China Decolonized Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories […]
Hospital Barros Lucas Maternity Ward
Santiago, Chile Closed This painting is based on an uncredited photograph. On 24 September 1911, Chile’s President Ramón Barros Luco laid the first stone for Santiago’s first public hospital, which would go on to become one of the country’s largest health-care facilities. Fourteen years later, his widow, Mercedes Valdés, helped create the maternity ward which […]
House of Wisdom in the City of Peace
Bagdad, Iraq Destroyed 1870s The House of Wisdom was a famous library located in the the Round City of Baghdad, the original core of Bagdad. The city was built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in 762–766 CE as the official residence of the Abbasid court. Its official name in Abbasid times was the City of Peace (Arabic: مدينة السلام ). The two […]
Howard Johnsons
Henderson, Kentucky, USA Closed 1990 Built in the 1950s with the iconic Howard Johnson’s sign, this building ceased to operate as a Howard Johnson’s in 1990, became a Chinese restaurant and finally a Los Toribos Mexican restaurant before being demolished in 2019 to make way for a Dollar Tree store. It’s not the sign that […]