Since its initial settlement, Istanbul’s Bağdat Avenue district has been known as an urban summer retreat. From the late nineteenth century to the present, the area has undergone four major phases of transformation, evolving from detached mansions into multi-storey buildings. Especially after the 1999 İzmit Earthquake, and with the accelerated urban transformation processes of the 2000s, the district entered a period of rapid change that led to the loss of much of its original identity. This collective project aims to build a bridge of memory between past and present by documenting and archiving the vanished “summer resort” identity through audiovisual recording practices, and by carrying the stories and structures of the past into the present.