Remember the old train viaduct in downtown Zurich, Switzerland? The bents had simple storage buildings built-in, mainly for stocking coal in the early days, and were used until recently by merchants to do some business. The neighborhood was a mix of shut-down and deserted industry places and cheap working class buildings. It's been a social melting pot with the famous "Long street", a 2 miles road of seduction, broken dreams and drug dealer's paradise, close by.
Everything is gone now as the city authorities are converting this old neighborhood into a fancy and modern place with expensive apartment blocks, trendy bars, stylish restaurants and posh clubs.
Gone has also my local motorbike dealer, the small park where you got terrific home made ice cream, the Italian take away and my beloved restaurant "Bananas & fruits" which was located in one of the viaduct-bents.
Everything changed but memories, they remain.
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