tponetom:
You've done it again.
I know the sadness that you described, but lack the ability to compose the lyrical descriptions that you submit here.
Find myself looking for your posts, daily!

Below is my entry from another thread, about the remains of a once happy home on the East Side:

Went back to the vacant lot today. Garage slab and the dilapidated swing that was used by generations of young ones remains amid the trash, tires, and broken dreams.
It amazes me that the scrappers have not removed the steel swing frame, and that the lilac bushes still stand guard next to where the porch was.

Many members of this forum have experienced this. Your post describes the feeling, to a t!