Bonwit-Teller
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New York, New York, USA
Demolished 1980
Henri Bendel
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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 […]
CBGB
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New York, New York, USA
Closed 2006
Croton Distributing Reservoir
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New York, New York, USA
Demolished 1899
Cup & Saucer
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New York, New York, USA
Closed 2006
Dreamland
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Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Burned 1911
Fairyland Kiddie Park
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
Closed 2002
Florent
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New York, New York, USA
Closed 2008
Homeless Home
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New York, New York, USA
Removed 2020
The High Line
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New York, New York, USA
Redeveloped 2006
Joe Jr. Restaurant
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New York, New York, USA
Closed 2009
Kim’s Video
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New York, New York, USA Closed 2014 Kim’s Video and Music were a group of video and music retail stores in and around New York City, known for their esoteric titles and knowledgeable if haughty staff. The owner, Yongman Kim, opened the first location inside his laundromat at 85 Avenue A. There was a second store at […]
Laurelton Hall
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Laurel Hollow, Long Island, New York, USA
Burned 1957
Luna Park
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Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Burned 1944
Madison Square Garden II
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New York, New York, USA Demolished 1926 The second Madison Square Garden was a Manhattan indoor arena that replaced the first Madison Square Garden. It was designed by noted architect Stanford White, who was murdered there in 1906 by millionaire Harry Thaw over his affair with Thaw’s wife, the actress Evelyn Nesbit. Although the Garden hosted […]
Mars Bar
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New York, New York, USA
Closed 2011
Penn Station
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Disappointed Tourist: Penn Station, New York, New York, USA
Demolished 1963
Savoy Ballroom
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New York, New York, USA
Closed 1958, demolished 1959
Steeplechase Park
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Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Burned 1907
Tic Tac Toe Chicken
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Chinatown, New York, New York, USA Retired 2002 As a connoisseur of cheap entertainments, I was drawn to the forlorn chicken in its box because, while it was also supposed to seem somehow mechanical among the other mechanical games, really it was a holdover from Medieval Fairgrounds, a chicken Mechanical Turk. And it reminded me […]
Tower Records
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New York, New York, USA
Closed 2006
Utopia Neighborhood Club House
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Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Date of Closing Unknown
World Trade Center
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New York, New York, USA
Plane crash 2001