Tearing down the past

[HOLLYWOOD]

as time marches on it seems that old stadiums get torn down, old rides, old attractions and everything else comes and goes. what bothers the hollywood brother is that things that the hollywood brother enjoyed, will never be enjoyed by future tickle lovers. a prime example is in the great ticklish state of new jersey. There is a ride called the golden nugget that has stood tall and proud for 50 years. it is old and does not have the latest bells and whistles. however it comes down at the end of january. this is a ride that thrilled the hollywood brother as a youngster and a ride that after thirty years still had the longest line of any amusement in the state of new jersey. now someday a new ride will be put up the is techincally superior but for the hollywood brother it seems a crime. you see millions of people for 40 plus years loved this ride and now future genereations will never get to enjoy it. The hollywood brother do not think this is right.

now with this being said it got the hollywood brother to thinking and the hollywood brother is wondering wht great rides, buildings, stadiums do you you miss that had great memories for you?

 

[melanie2]

i've been to Kennywood many times..and they have those awesome wooden roller coasters...the Thunderbolt is a terrific ride..last time i rode it hmm some fourteen years ago, i kept my eyes shut the entire ride lol...i hope they don't tear that down..as wooden roller coasters might be a bit of a by-gone era..

 

[FeatherDaemon1]

The Hollywood Brother has indeed come up with a great topic here. One of the buildings that I have missed very much was my old church. It was a beautiful building which was built in the old style the way churches used to be made. The art alone in that building was a treasure, not in value but as a reminder of things used to be made. Unfortunately it and the school which was attached to burned down. It was a shame I had a lot of great memories there of when I was a little crumbcruncher.

 

[kopfhorer1]

Having beloved amusement park rides get "retired" or having a favorite old church burn down is bad enough. Imagine almost an entire city being bulldozed and carted away. That's what happened here, in upstate NY.

In the 1950's and 60's a lot of downtowns were being undercut by suburban shopping centers (the forerunners of today's shopping malls) whose main attraction (as the ads unceasingly trumpeted) was ACRES AND ACRES OF FREE PARKING!!!!! (Sometimes I think the price of gasoline should have been $4.00 a gallon back then. But anyway...). A lot of city governments tried to lure customers back to city centers by gutting downtowns for parking lots and ramps, trashing historic buildings, displacing local businesses for national chain stores and other such idiocy. Much of my own hometown was bulldozed for a grandiose urban renewal plan which was supposed to turn it into a science-fiction-town-of-the-future. All that ever got built was a pitiful excuse for a shopping center (which is now mostly offices). And parking ramps. That's what happened to 90% of my old stomping grounds. 🙁 🙁 🙁

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Having beloved amusement park rides get "retired" or having a favorite old church burn down is bad enough. Imagine almost an entire city being bulldozed and carted away. That's what happened here, in upstate NY.

In the 1950's and 60's a lot of downtowns were being undercut by suburban shopping centers (the forerunners of today's shopping malls) whose main attraction (as the ads unceasingly trumpeted) was ACRES AND ACRES OF FREE PARKING!!!!! (Sometimes I think the price of gasoline should have been $4.00 a gallon back then. But anyway...). A lot of city governments tried to lure customers back to city centers by gutting downtowns for parking lots and ramps, trashing historic buildings, displacing local businesses for national chain stores and other such idiocy. Much of my own hometown was bulldozed for a grandiose urban renewal plan which was supposed to turn it into a science-fiction-town-of-the-future. All that ever got built was a pitiful excuse for a shopping center (which is now mostly offices). And parking ramps. That's what happened to 90% of my old stomping grounds. 🙁 🙁 🙁

the hollywood brother thinks this is a shame. if you do not mind the hollywood broter asking where in new york did this evil happen?

 

[kopfhorer1]

Here. (Nota bene, the destruction of which I wrote occurred from the late 60's thru the 80's).

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I miss Allen Davis Seashells, which was a lovely kind of Florida-kitschy/tacky sort of place with all manner of non-P.C. articles and items and otherwise warbly Florida-style merchandise for the itinerant tourist. It really had the flavor of another era, even as a kid arriving down here in '72. As with everything in this godforsaken land, it too fell to commerce.

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

Well in New Orleans they have City Park and in City Park they had Story Land where you got a ''magic key''and you went through and heard all the old stories and they had little monuments for the kids to play in.However,now most of the story boxes are broken and they didn't repair them.They also had The Lady bug Roller Coaster! They also had a big fountain with a wading pool.However ever since Katrina I am sure all that is gone too.A lot in New Orleans has disappeared never to return.

 

[kopfhorer1]

What the Bush administration and likeminded entities did to New Orleans and its people is disgraceful.