What a pillar of salt sees…
Yesterday, modpixie posted to the b0st0n community a list of Boston sights and sounds that no longer exist. It sparked enough nostalgia that I thought it might be interesting to set down a list of the things I’ve seen here that are, sadly, either endangered, going, or gone.
There are two lists. The first column enumerates those elements of Boston that are already historical data. The second column is a list of things which are currently in the process of failing. Most of those are still here-at least nominally-but I think they are endangered species that could disappear tomorrow.
Long GoneGoing? Bands The Cars
Cliffs of Dooneen
Concussion Ensemble
EBN: Emergency Broadcast Network
Steady EarnestThe Allstonians
The Bentmen
Bim Skala Bim
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Powerman 5000 Clubs Local 186
Mama Kin
The Rat
Venus de MiloThe Linwood Grill
Jacques
The Plough & Stars Restaurants 33 Dunster
The Blue Diner
Bombay Bistro
Cafe Avventura
The Deli Haus
The old India Quality
Kebab-n-Kurry
Mehfil
The Rattlesnake Bar & Urban Canyon
Steve’s Ice CreamBartley’s Burger Barn
Herrell’s
Little Stevie’s
The Pour House
Rodizio @ Midwest Grill Organizations Bank of New England (BONE)
Filene’s Basement & bridal rush
Jordan Marsh
Lechmere
The MDC
NECCO
NYNEX
Stah Mahket
Tower Records Newbury
Waterstone’s Booksellers
Wordsworth BooksThe Boston Bruins
Building 19
Coolidge Corner Theater
MFS
Newbury Comics Places The Boston Garden
The elevated Central Artery
The Fleet Center
The John Hancock ObservatoryThe DuBarry mural
The Haymarket
The old Northern Ave Bridge
Yawkey Way as a public way Media WSBK, WLVI
Mighty Mouse
Creature Double Feature People Bird, Parish, McHale
Bobby Orr, Terry O’reillyRed Auerbach
The Woop-Woop Guy Miscellaneous Bowling under Fenway Park
Meeting people at the gate at LoganMBTA tokens
The Mattapan High-Speed Line
More recent updates can be seen at this post from 2009 and this one from 2013.