Initially, New York's air defenses had been manually coordinated from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. [9] Its defenders included both Regular Army and National Guard units.
Buildings in use by park personnel. Through the efforts of various volunteer groups, as of 1995, this is the only Nike site in the country that has been preserved and is open for public viewing. Intact appears to be in private hands. Largely intact and abandoned. Redeveloped into open greenspace with retention ponds. Abandoned and overgrown with trees.
Launchers obliterated. Launch area is now a soccer field. This double Nike site was operational with both Ajax and Hercules missiles. A semi-circular embankment protecting the fueling area remains. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Caswell AFS, ME in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. One building standing, sold to a local brewery and currently being refurbished into brewery and restaurant. Site was never operational.
Buildings in good condition, magazine being used as tractor trailer parking and storage site. Intact, Communications Facility Partially. Oakland Community College. Overgrown and abandoned. In reasonable condition. Launchers probably intact. Sites SF-87 and SF-93 were deactivated in 1971. Totally obliterated; formerly a three-magazine (1B2C)/12-launcher facility with battery at Lake Shore Drive off the end of what's now I-55, south of the McCormick Place complex. South Florida Natural Resources Center in Everglades National Park, under control of National Park Service. Is on County Road 80S in Castle Rock, Minnesota. Launch site roads still in place, overlaid by park facilities. The town of Swedesboro, formerly part of Woolwich Township (which owns the property), is a short drive from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. On or about 30 Dec 1963 the housing area next to the Launch Site was designated Ellsworth Family Housing Annex No 1, activated, and assigned to Ellsworth AFB. FDS Redeveloped into single-family housing. Road back to launch site from IFC in good shape. Two radar towers remain on the property of a landscape business. Strategic Air Command. FDS. Part of old access road still visible from Pitman Road.
Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Nike Carlton: 3B/20A/12L-A Newport: 3B/18H, 30A/12L-UA, FDS Derelict, but partially intact. After deactivation, PH-32 was sold to Burlington County for $32,000 and was used as the Burlington County Civil Defense Center. FDS. In use, some buildings still standing. In 2002, Evesham Township had the launch area cleared of illegal dumps and demolition debris left from the buildings. Now privately owned but undeveloped. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. Off "Nike Site Road". No signs of radar towers. Site redeveloped to Village of Orland Park Department of Public Works. Gloucester Township, IFC is a vacant lot with woods, some old roads. Buildings in use, magazines still intact, being used as a parking lot. 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Part of the facility exists to the west, with outlines of radar towers visible. Edward Peden lives in a decommissioned U. S. Airforce nuclear missile base (Atlas E) underground in Kansas.
Private ownership, in excellent condition. 94th ADA Group, headquartered in Kaiserslautern for most of the Nike-Hercules period had four battalions as follows, with locations: - In Pforzheim (Hagenschie/Wurmberg), in Baden-Wrttemberg there is a missile launch site operated by the US-Army until April 1985. Construction of the Nike batteries started in 1959; becoming limited operational in 1960 and fully operational in 1961. FDS.
Raymond Central High School some buildings intact but site greatly modified for school. Obliterated. Appears to be a tower also present. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. Originally established during World War II as Camp Wolters. Now LSU School of Medicine, almost all buildings were torn down with little evidence of IFC. Maryland/District of Columbia/Northern Virginia, "Cieli fiammeggianti, dalla Guerra fredda a Base Tuono", by Alberto Mario Carnevale, Eugenio Ferracin, Maurizio Struffi, 2021, second edition, Nuclear Battlefields - Global Links in the Arms Race, by William M. Arkin and Richard W. Fieldhouse, 1985, Learn how and when to remove this template message, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWYAtR-XgTI, 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point Road, New York, "Die Erler Nike/Hercules Flarak-Batterie", "Nikesummit.org: Friends of Nike Site Summit", "Nike Missile Site Golden Gate National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)", "Nike Missile Site C-41 Promontory Point Jackson Park, Chicago IL Michael Epperson", "Blast Camp Paintball Welcome to Blastcamp Paintball & Airsoft", Vernon Hills decides to drop Nike name from sports park, "Nike Sites with Earlier or Later Use by the Air Force", "Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Marker Online Database Search", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Virginia: Western Fairfax County", "At missile site, 'on our toes' day and night", "Construction has begun at former Nike base near Newport", "Fire at old Commerce Twp. Different parts of the site also took on various roles including a fire and police academy, school, and target range. Mostly intact.
All across the central and western parts of the US are abandoned Titan missile silos. Town of Fairfield, Fire Training and Canine Center. Used for herding rams and storage. Land cleared and being redeveloped into forested area. Intact, Explosives Technology. HM-65 was Nike-Ajax. Buildings torn down, Launch doors visible, now welded shut. In 1982, the Navy transferred 4.2 acres in fee land to the U.S. Air Force, which operated a radio beacon annex from 1983 until at least 1996, first as an off-base installation of. Above ground magazines protected by berms. FDS. Troop barracks are used for storage for Nike Elementary School in the Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. Obliterated, City of Detroit. Three magazines in place but buried. Intact, Gateway National Recreation Area. Instead of the servicemen contributing to society, it is the buildings and land left behind. Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District. Completely redeveloped into industrial park on W side of Calumet Ave. N of 45th St. FDS. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Missile launch pads intact. It was inactivated on 4 Nov 1970. Site is now the location of a couple of office buildings. Some traces of building foundations but nothing of missile launchers or magazines. This area is within the SRA on the southern shore of the lake. The village has constructed wastewater treatment lagoons on 1/3 of the site. No radar towers. Missile pads partially Intact, Harvard University. The site was originally constructed for Titan I tests.
No evidence of radar towers. Buildings torn down, some sidewalks left.
State of Rhode Island, State Police Academy and Training Center, buildings in use; magazines visible.
The Boston Defense Area merged with Hartford & Providence Defense Areas in 1962, becoming the New England Defense Area. Site is across Industrial Highway from former launch site. Dormitory, office spaces and missile maintenance shed were intact and operated by Kent Schools as the Mountain View Academy until their demolition in July 2019 to make room for River Ridge Elementary. You can walk on the former IFC at Lake Shore and E 31st Street; now a nice little park with a playground and good view of downtown, Lake Michigan, Navy Pier and Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. See. The missile launchers were in a large bermed compound on the other side of the lagoons adjoining the Edens Expressway, about a quarter of a mile south of Dundee Road. Minor remnants are still visible in the NE corner. This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces. IFC Redeveloped into 2 parks; no remains. Aerial imagery shows 3 radar towers still erect. Redeveloped into Gardner Unified School offices. Buildings in use by company, magazine area visible being used as storage yard. Was Midway School. It was designated as Gibbsboro Family Housing Annex. Redeveloped. Magazine area has been partially filled in, severe cracking of concrete, abandoned. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. Partially Intact, Army Engineering Support Buildings, After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. This site was the western end of a test range under the jurisdiction of Griffiss AFB. Buildings in use. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Private ownership. The property was transferred from the Army to the Air Force on 31 Jul 1964. A Cold War missile base abandoned for decades is on sale in New Jersey for $1.8 million see inside. Former above-ground site with berms protecting launchers. Later the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. Everglades National Park, National Park Service. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. Buildings in use, no radar towers. Units assigned: B/36th 96/55-9/58), B/1/562nd (9/58-12/62), B/1/71st (12/62-/65), B/4/1st (/65-11/68) and MDArNG A/1/70th (11/68-4/74). Magazine launch doors removed; site appears to be filled in, with vegetation covering fill sites. FDS. Heinzen, who is also the director of Rowans Hollybush Institute (named for the campus building where the leaders met), says that while the summit produced no direct agreements, it set a pattern for future face-to-face meetings. Air Force operations ended 8 Sep 1968; the AADCP inactivated in 1969. Site PR-79 at Foster was preserved, to be used as a State Police facility. Private ownership. On high ridge, elevation 3,750'. Abandoned. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, Army terrorism training site. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. Appears to be the base of a radar tower remaining, no buildings. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site. FDS. On 18 Sep 1968, IFC-2 was designated the Palehua AF Solar Observatory Research Site, activated, and assigned to Military Airlift Command with jurisdiction and operational control assigned to Air Weather Service. The site was purchased by a developer who intended to split the property, with the new Spring Run neighborhood to be built on the control area.
Completely rebuilt, with no evidence of a Fire Control Site or radar towers. 421331.44N 0875653.52W / 42.2254000N 87.9482000W / 42.2254000; -87.9482000 (C-94-LS). Offer subject to change without notice. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. The housing area in Brandywine, Maryland, supported Washington Nike Site W-36 from approximately 1957 1961. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Some buildings are in use, but no radar towers. Many tractor-trailers on site. After the Nike base was closed, it was gained by Ellsworth AFB on 30 Sep 1963, as Ellsworth Academic Annex (also referred to as South Nike Education Annex). As the sites were decommissioned, they were first offered to federal agencies.
Electrified with working elevators. Part of this property (Control Site 5, from the Nike layout) had an even earlier use by the Army Air Forces. Site was never operational. Launch site with three intact missile pits located at the end of Stocksdale Road in Kingsville, MD. Below-ground Triple-magazine Nike-Hercules site built up on high ridge. Magazines visible, some snow plows being stored on them. In private ownership, buildings appear standing. Part of Town of Westhaven, Parks and Recreation Department "Nike State Park". Buildings in good shape, no radar towers. 2023 Atlas Obscura. FDS. Located behind single-family home subdivision 20260 South Garnder Road. Appears to have been bulldozed over and covered with soil after demilitarization. Area has now become a "Academy Sports and Outdoors" distribution facility. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. FDS. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. Radars used at Fire Island were CPS-6B, FPS-8, CPS-4, FPS-20A, FPS-6B. Contaminated soil remediated on site. One radar tower standing. Double-magazine site with Nike Assembly building evident, also concrete launcher foundations. NY-55DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-9 / Z-9 Air Force operations at the site ended on 1 July 1966, and Nike operations were inactivated on 31 Oct 1974. Buildings in good shape, Radar tower bases visible. Appears in good condition, buildings in use. Demolished, open lot owned by Michigan DNR. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Headquarters facilities were located at Tappan, Fort Totten, Fort Wadsworth, and Roslyn. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. Throughout the U.S. and former Soviet republics, abandoned missile silos and the eerie landscapes they occupy serve as reminders of a dark and unnecessary nuclear arms race. No remnants remain except some small broken chunks of concrete. The site was closed on 18 June 1968. During the Cold War, most of Pennsylvania was considered expendable. Manned by D/71st (7/54-9/58), D/1/71st (9/58-9/59) and VAArNG B/1/280th (9/59-3/63). 262 just outside the town limits. Formerly manned by the B/54th (12/54-9/58), B/4/1st (9/58-9/59) and MDArNG D/2/70th (9/59-9/53). Appears to be light industrial estate. No evidence of IFC - Correction - IFC was located at the top of a hill on the corner of Ratzer and Alps Roads including radar towers as late as 1980. Base and the Austin region from two Nike Hercules sites between 1960 and 1966. The AADCP was inactivated in Sep 1969. Most buildings were razed, with no radar towers. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. Now part of the McCormick Place Bird Sanctuary. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center.
West side of site largely forested with little evidence of use. Double magazine in good shape.
Perimeter fence appears to be still standing, taken over by vegetation, however outline is clear in aerial imagery. A few old IFC buildings in use, no radar towers. But this looming 40-foot tower, a kind of metallic mushroom, is part of a different kind of infrastructure: an abandoned missile launcher dating back to the Cold War, strategically positioned to defend the Philadelphia metropolitan area, with a particularly historic pedigree. FDS. Redeveloped into Governor Livingston Regional High School. Barracks building in use, most other buildings razed. Buildings torn down, foundations remain. Abandoned and repurposed Cold War missile sites in Pennsylvania NEW! Nothing left. Partially Intact, FEMA Agency Region X HQ and US Army Reserve Hooper Center. Assembly buildings are still standing but now in private hands. Intact but decaying and falling apart, NPS-GGNRA, camp site, YMCA facility. One small IFC building remains. Magazines probably in good condition, launch area being used for trailer and outside storage. May be used as a parking lot. It was assigned to the United States Property and Fiscal Officer, State of Rhode Island for real property jurisdiction and control. Launch area now fenced off and used as a dumping ground for dredging operations and is not open to the public, complex perimeter can be viewed from the bicycle trail. FDS. The Radar towers, Generator bldg., Van pads, and connecting building foundation are all there. No radar towers. Buildings were torn down, some new structures erected, and a bunch of old boats and trucks stored on site; may be a junkyard. Launch pad doors still visible, but concrete has been covered by soil and is now a grassy area. Site demolished and cleared. FDS. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) D-15DC established at Selfridge AFB, MI in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. FDS. The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. Buildings demolished in December 2020. This presentation will take you on a full tour of a decommissioned, abandoned underground missile complex. Is fenced in, with a "No Trespassing" sign, guard shack and many buildings in good repair. At some later time, probably about 1984, it was transferred back to the Army and assigned to Fort Dix.
Site appears to have been leveled, graded and fenced. Air Force operations ended 1 October 1972. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. FDS. WebUnderground House from Old Missile Silo. Generator building. Germanys Iron Curtain is now the Green Belt, but turning the old border into a haven for wildlife has taken much more than just letting it be. The United States military introduced the anti-aircraft Nike series in 1953, with the Ajax missile. The logistics train was airlifting by US CH-47's within 6 hrs after receipt of a coded message. L-13's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #2. Private property, with locked fence access.
The magazines have a one-foot thick cap of concrete on them. Triple battery next to Lake Erie. Its 33-acre campus is a ghost town of its own, with vaults stretching 30 feet underground, a mess hall, soldiers quarters, and a drained swimming pool. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. Still behind locked gate and fenced. Demolished Nov 2015 for a housing development. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters. Fire Control largely preserved and accessible via hiking trail. Launch site buildings still have doors and window glass. Radars were FPS-93A and in 1982 the FPS-117 was installed. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. It was used until 15 December 1975 for Civil Air Patrol use, being called Fork CAP Annex. PI-70DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-62 / Z-62. It was being used as a Day Camp for children, but is now abandoned. Private ownership, mostly returned to agricultural use, single magazine is about all that is left. FDS. Magazines appear to be once under asphalted-over parking lot, however, access to one lift platform is now covered with dirt and the magazine is filled with water. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. The CPS-6B radar was removed in July 1958, FPS-8 removed 4Q 1960 until the Nike sites were inactivated in 1971. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Sweetwater AFS, TX in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Magazines appear intact. The AAFC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-71 / Z-71. Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. Today, partially Intact, Private ownership. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. 384744N 0894758W / 38.79556N 89.79944W / 38.79556; -89.79944 (SL-10-CS), Private Ownership Purchased 7-12-14 by Ron Mertens of Smithton IL. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site, missiles protected by berms. Redeveloped as multiple-family housing.
Buildings in good shape. For Sale: An Abandoned Cold War Missile Launch Site by the Side of the Road.
FDS. Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. Air Defense Command/NORAD radar sites at Fire Island AFS (F-1) and King Salmon AFS (F-3) AK were integrated into the Army Nike operations. A missile silo in Abilene, Kansas, used to store and launch ballistic missiles in the 1960s, is on sale for $380,000. Obliterated, FDS, vacant lot just west of LAX runway 6R, Nike launch facilities obliterated. U.S. Army Air Defense Command operated the sites with Regular Army units (possibly from 562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment) from 1960 until 1966. Redeveloped into communications site. Jul 18, 2022. Roads exist with severe cracking in poor shape. Air Force operations ended 31 Dec 1969. Bids, due in June, can be no lower than $1.8 million. Former Ajax installation with 12 launchers. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. New building and landscaping to the west of the former missile pads. Nothing else is left. IFC existed right along the lakefront, but has now been developed and turned into an open prairie as part of the forest preserve. An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. Following the Soviet Unions successful 1957 launch of Sputnik 1, however, the military felt a new show of strength was needed, and introduced the Hercules to the series in 1958. There is one original building left near the launch site, which has been refurbished and turned into a hall to host Cub Scout events and such. FDS. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. Redeveloped into single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. While the project was approved, the development was never built. IFC site operated by B/602nd (9/55-9/58) and B/4/5th (9/58-8/60), Still under US government control, Naval Surface Warfare Center. Being redeveloped into high-end single-family housing.
The Buildings and radar installations are fenced off as part of the paintball area, but the launch site is situated a quarter mile away, and on farm land. Launch "pits" used for reservoirs for the waste treatment plant. Most structures are still present but have been repurposed as storage buildings. Intact, East Bay Regional Park District, Lake Chabot Park, Department of Public Safety, service yard.
Some military buildings in use, new buildings erected over magazine. Appear to have been dug up and filled with earth. IFC was operated by B/71st (7/54-9/58) and B/1/71st (9/58-11/62), Redeveloped into "Great Falls Nike Missile Park", FDS.
Municipal complex storage yard. After being inactivated by the Army, BA-09C was taken over by the Air Force sometime before 15 September 1967. Hanford Defense Area (H): Nike missiles replaced and augmented gun batteries that had been previously installed
No evidence of IFC. Navy amphibious training site. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. The buildings are now used as a thrift store, Granny's Attic, and a medical clinic. 374132N 1222652W / 37.69222N 122.44778W / 37.69222; -122.44778 (SF-59-CS). Bennett's Creek Park. Nike operations at the site inactivated in 1962. County Engineers Office. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Base of radar tower and control building remain S.E. Each squadron has five Missile Alert Facilities which each control ten silo's for a total of 50 silo's per squadron. Partial remains. Travis AFB Defense Area (T): Established to defend the USAF Strategic Air Command, later Military Airlift Command base. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. Launch area well maintained shows both Ajax and Hercules elevators, and per Maryland State Police are welded shut. USAR Center. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. Very Private. Private ownership, development company. Site leased in about 2014 and is now Wing Headquarters for the Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol.
Hundreds of servicemen worked at these sites, and the government encouraged public outreach and events to help residents feel at ease with the missiles in their backyards. Intact Launch remains, no use known. Operations were by C/75th (11/54-9/58), C/3/562nd (9/58-12/61), A/1/71st (12/61-3/63), MDArNG A/3/70th (12/61-3/63) and MDArNG C/1/70th (3/63-6/71). Well-preserved in private ownership. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. In 1968, the Cleveland Defense Area merged with Detroit's. Razed but broken concrete pads still visible; former Civil Defense site. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Abandoned. Affordable Abandoned Missile Silo For Sale. Several buildings were reused as warehouses. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. We are the leader in this niche. Barracks building in use, several radar towers still standing. Exists in deteriorated condition east of and adjacent to the Miramar Armory of the. Never completed. Magazine area visible from aerial imagery. MAF = Missile Alert Facility, this is where the missileers control the launch of ten Minuteman III ICBM's, each MAF has 10 The site was demolished by Hurricane Andrew on 24 August 1992 and subsequently closed.
FDS. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. Doors probably welded shut. City of SeaTac WA Parks Dept. Being used as an auto junkyard, large numbers of junk cars stored in missile firing pads.
Most buildings remain, appears some of the magazine as well. San Pablo Ridge, California (SF-08 and SF-09 shared facilities). Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. As of 2019, entire launch site covered by new police academy. Demolition of this facility began in 2015 and is now complete. The entrance road has many abandoned trailers and also much junk along the sides. Now a parking lot. Now "Turkey Hill Park". Mix of new and old buildings. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Buildings appear in excellent condition.381723N 0895651W / 38.28972N 89.94750W / 38.28972; -89.94750 (SL-40-CS), 381611N 0895700W / 38.26972N 89.95000W / 38.26972; -89.95000 (SL-40-LS).
Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) C-80DC established at Arlington Heights AI, IL in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. IFC buildings in use, housing adjacent abandoned and torn down. Many buildings still in use, magazines still electrified and operable, used by owner for storage. Abandoned, most buildings collapsed, one radar tower still standing. FDS. The roof of the magazines make up the Upper Field of the dog park. FDS. Intact, NPS-GGNRA, Angel Island State Park. Buildings used for storage/support in good condition, rest of site has been razed and sold off, now single-family housing, no evidence of radar towers. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Used by the Elizabeth Forward School District. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders.
Obliterated, paved over for tractor trailer parking lot. Guided public tours are available JuneSeptember through a local non-profit organization. Missile magazines exist however launchers appear to be concreted over. King Salmon Long Range Radar Site is still in use.
Most of area now redeveloped into tennis courts, park area.