Issue430 emailed me some pictures of a building he used to work at having been demolished, under the subject line, "Can't go home again...", and it got me to thinking - even after having lived 14 different places, every one of them is still standing, as far as I know...but I know that's not the case for everyone...

 

So, have you ever lived anywhere that doesn't exist anymore?  Post pictures if you can, tell its story, and we'll commemorate them right here!

 

Nope, but we almost lost our house before we ever bought it..

 

My wife and I were house hunting and looked at our current house one evening. We loved it and decided to put an offer on it the next day at lunch. The next morning, I see a "west side house fire" headline on the Plain Dealer's website.  Turns out that it was the house immediately next door to the home that we eventually bought. The homes are less than 10 feet about from each other and are made of wood. The fire department was surprised that it was able to keep the fire from taking down my house as well. There was slight damage to my house, so we decided to go ahead and make an offer.

No.  But my current building almost burned down about a decade ago.  Scared the begeezus out of me.

Every house that I've lived in is still standing, clear back to the one my parents were building in 1939 when I was born, including the rental we lived in until they got their new house marginally habitable. The first winter, we lived in a basement covered over with the first floor and tarps and heated with a wood stove.

 

Every school I ever attended, though, from kindergarten at Lincoln School in Decatur, Indiana, to the 1923 Bluffton High School building where I graduated in 1957, has been torn down. The 1955 auditorium/gym addition to the high school still stands and it used for worship services by a church and for community theatre productions.

 

Every employer I ever worked for has been sold or closed or is near abandonment, except the last two, Lincoln Financial and IBM. Oh. And except for the US Air Force, which is now under the control of a mentally-impaired lunatic.

All of my places are still standing.  The closet a demolition has ever touched me is when the place where my sister lived in Athens was torn down.

 

Closest I have come to a demolition was this place I only visited.

It was built by my great grandfather who homesteaded the place about 25 miles out of the bustling metropolis of Redfield SD.

It replaced the original sod buildings.

In later years the farm was handled by a tenant farmer who wasn't a tenant so the buildings were destroyed. I guess that because there was no easy access to traditional demolition equipment (?), they burned the buildings down.

Water was from a well and the toilet was an outhouse.

 

My apartment in Chicago was the last building on the block and was torn down 6 months after I left.  The house I spent my childhood in is still there, but drastically altered.

 

The place I occupied for many years in OTR on Elm street is still standing, but it has been vacant since I moved out, and parts of it are falling on the sidewalk:

 

The dorm I lived in last year is slated for demolition. Its a great brick and red tile roof structure built in 1923 by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. A new student center is proposed on the site.

No, but this topic brings to mind one of my favorite Simpsons bits:

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(there's an earthquake-like rumbling)

Homer: Aaaaahhhh! It's the rapture! Quick, get Bart out of the house before God comes!

(Homer runs outside)

Sideshow Bob: So sorry, Mr. Simpson. Your house is blocking construction for our new Matlock Expressway.

(there's a big bridge)

Sideshow Bob: However, I an a fair man. You will have 72 hours to vacate. At that time, we will blow up your house and any remaining Simpsons.

Marge: Homer, we have to stop these guys!

Homer: I know what you're up to, Mayor Terwilliger; and no one in my family is gonna stand for it!

(there's a honking sound, Abe Simpson waits in his car on the partially constructed overpass)

Abe: Move your darn house, son!

 

 

And...SCENE.

The place I occupied for many years in OTR on Elm street is still standing, but it has been vacant since I moved out, and parts of it are falling on the sidewalk:

 

Wow. How long has it been? It looks very nice in the image! :(