In the 1980s, The Comet was one of Hartford's busiest and most popular restaurants and bars.
Known at other times as the Aetna Diner, or the Oasis, or Hog River Grille or Dishes, the diner has fallen on hard times (like the neighborhood around it) and has been vacant and decaying for a decade.
The owner wanted to tear it down, but some folks fought to preserve it. The owner withdrew her application for authority to demolish The Comet, and negotiations are underway to find a
way to revive it. I am skeptical, but good luck to them.
way to revive it. I am skeptical, but good luck to them.
Want to see other photographers' interpretations of "abandoned"? Look here.
Good luck to the owner.
ReplyDeleteOld diners are wonderful short order restaurants when they are restored. This one has a long history and I hope that someone restores it and runs a successful business.
ReplyDeleteIt's in relatively good shape for being abandoned for so long. Interesting that others want to save it. I too am skeptical about preservation projects like that.
ReplyDeleteGood theme day post.
ReplyDeleteA few more years and you'll have a historic building worth preserving.
ReplyDeleteHopefully it will find another life.
ReplyDeleteThat's too nice of a diner to not get restored and revived as something else or as a diner again. Hopefully it will find new owners who wish to invest in it.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Is it legitimately from the golden age of diners, or a reproduction built in the 1980s? I love the curved edges and glass brick. But then again I'm a sucker for Art Déco :^)
ReplyDeleteThese old diners are rapidly disappearing. I know of one in Sioux Falls and another in St. Paul, and that's it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it could look much better revived - but maybe a new building on the site would be more useable.
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful, Jack! I hope someone fixes it up!
ReplyDeleteWe have one that looks almost exactly like this. It is thriving and alive. Hopefully someone will save this one.
ReplyDeleteDiners like this have been, at times, uber hip. This one looks like it had good bones. (Structure, not barbecue...)
ReplyDeleteNice shot! We've lost a number of diners here over the years. They weren't really built for the ages.
ReplyDeleteI wish they can keep this shape for a new business.
ReplyDeleteGood choice for the theme day.
i would have hated to see it torn down...hopefully it will get a chance to a second life!
ReplyDeleteHopefully some good comes of it.
ReplyDeleteI like this one a lot. Decaying but still vibrant.
ReplyDeleteI completely forgot about theme day - sort of overwhelmed at work since we got back. Also trying to return to more regular comments.
Sad to see Jack but let's be positive and hope for the best, it must have been saved for a reason oui!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great place.
ReplyDeleteVery sad that it is abandoned, let us hope...
ReplyDeleteGreat choice for the theme, Jack !