BEST OF 2006: The Ambassador Is Gone

The death of the Ambassador Hotel was long and brutal. As most of you know, I set out to document its demise, capturing photos of the destruction nearly every day for our companion The Ambassador's Last Stand blog. A chunk of the classic hotel held on through the holidays... but on Jan. 16 I passed by the hotel site and saw the inevitable: It was gone. Franklin Avenue became the first site to report on the hotel's final disappearance. Originally posted Jan. 16, 2006.


The Cocoanut Grove is all that remains of the Ambassador Hotel. Jan. 16, 2005 -- 1:30 p.m.

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