Gone

Michael Schneider went by the Ambassador Hotel site this afternoon and found a bunch of photographers gathered for the last rites. He'll be posting his pictures later, but he threw up a bulletin of sorts at 2:07 pm:

It's all gone. All that's left is a heap of rubble, and the Cocoanut Grove building (which will be incorporated into the new school on the site).

Here's a photo that Jennifer Sharpe shot of the remaining fragment yesterday:

Ambassador

5:21 PM Monday, January 16 2006 • Link
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