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A Blast From The Past: Here Are 76 Iconic NYC Establishments That No Longer Exist

We're showing our age! While we love sharing new businesses, we cad to take a moment to remember the hundreds that have left us.

Shenae Craig Shenae Craig - Editor •

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New York City is ever-changing.

One day, your favorite cafe is there, and the next day, it might be a bookstore, a butcher shop, or an apartment building.

After coming across a question going viral on social media, we decided to ask New Yorkers to “age yourself with an NYC establishment that no longer exists.”

We couldn’t help but feel the nostalgia after sifting through 1000+ responses!

Here are some iconic establishments that no longer exist:

Fifth Ave. New York, NY, January 29th 2009: The Circuit City store on Fifth Ave. in Manhattan after the recent announcement of going out of business.
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  1. Toys R’ Us Times Square

  2. Finally Fred’s

  3. Expo

  4. The Wetlands

  5. Virgin Records

  6. Club Karma

  7. The Palladium

  8. Circuit City

  9. Johnny Utah’s

  10. Culture Club

  11. HMV USA Records

  12. Peppermint Lounge

  13. Big Nick’s Pizza Joint On Broadway

  14. Royal Canadian Pancake House

  15. Sugar Reef

  16. Crazy Eddies

  17. Tunnel

  18. CBGBs

  19. Limelight

  20. Kathy’s Candy Store

  21. Luchow’s

  22. Cafe Geiger

  23. Lord & Taylor

  24. Horn & Hardart

  25. Roseland Ballroom

  26. Pieter Stuyvesant’s Bowery House

  27. Funtime USA

  28. Southpaw

  29. Continental

  30. Cielo

  31. Pink Elephant

  32. Downtown Beirut

  33. Star Magic

  34. Shelly’s Steak House

  35. Adventure’s Inn

  36. Commodore Hotel

  37. Swiss Lunch

  38. Manny’s Car Wash

  39. The Rodeo Bar

  40. Studio 54

  41. Suite 16

  42. Sam Goody

  43. Caldor

  44. The Wiz

  45. The Mudd Club

  46. Club Nv

  47. Beefsteak Charlie’s

  48. Tower Records

  49. Canal Jeans & Co.

  50. The Stork Club.

  51. Zen Palate

  52. Jekyll And Hyde Club

  53. Nails Lounge Club

  54. Mk’s Club

  55. Garage Club Underground

  56. Bentleys Lovepeople

  57. Q- Club

  58. Equus Nagasaki

  59. Sound Factory

  60. Copacabana

  61. Village Hut Tunnel

  62. Empire Roller Skating Rink

  63. The Magic Pan

  64. The Dugout 13th And 3rd

  65. Woolworth, Pearl Paint

  66. J And R Music

  67. Loehmans

  68. Odd Job

  69. Daffys

  70. Filenes Basement

  71. Colony Records

  72. HoJos

  73. A7

  74. Love’s Pharmacy

  75. Alexander’s

  76. Crazy Eddie

  77. Woolworth

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