One of the most outrageous cases I know, of not only cancelled exhibits, but also loads upon loads of cancelled masterplans is the Barcelona Zoo. All of the following were cancelled ideas:
- In the 1930's, before the outbreak of the civil war, they wanted to relocate the entire collection to Montjuic (the hill upon which the olympic stadium would be built about 60 years later).
- In 1999, the idea was to relocate the zoo to the delta of the Besós river, where it would open at the same time as the Universal Forum of Cultures in 2004. However, as history shows, the latter was inaugurated solo, the zoo remaining where it was.
- In 2009, the project of splitting the zoo in two was at hand, to the point where the building site still exists near the Forum to this day, although it was put on hold (AKA cancelled) in 2011 by mayor Xavier Trias. The idea was to turn the Ciutadella Park's zoo into an exclusively terrestrial zoo (split up into American, African and Asian rainforests, Mediterranean, Asian steppe and African Savannah areas, with a de-attatched rainforest house) and build a marine zoo (with its areas being mangrove, islands, wetland aviary, temperate coasts, arctic coasts and open ocean).
- In 2012, a new project came out, focusing solely on the Parc de la Ciutadella. While some aspects of this plan, such as the Sahel Savannah biome and the orangutan exhibit, have come to fruition, others, such as the dolphin lagoon, have been cancelled.
I currently can't find specific websites or images to show you these plans, but later on I'll try to find sources to back up my claims. Stay tuned for more!
