Very sad. But the "wanton" joke may make it worth the destruction.

Guess who's never doing business with Key Bank?

By the way, in kinda related news: FUCK Chase Bank. Fuck them in their stupid asses. Give me back my WaMu.

@Jennie: Here, here!

No more #10's. Sadness.

I still get confused when people say Hollywood. And then the picture of the pagoda and I was reading this whole thing like it was about LA. And then I thought about narcking you out to the editors for writing about LA, but then decided we were friends and I wouldn't do that. Except I'm also friends with Alison too and I had to weigh my loyalties. Brain trust or karaoke? BRAIN TRUST OR KARAOKE.

And then I remembered about the Portland neighborhood.

Christ, it's not the bank's fault. I'm not some spokesman for a big banking business, but in reality, not everything is always someone else's fault.
The Pagoda was architectually unsound and saving it would have cost MORE than building a new one, something the owners obviously couldn't afford.
Sad, but true.

The owners ARE the bank. Are you telling me the bank can't be slightly original, sink a little money into the project, and do a little historic preservation at the same time?

Count me in as another Hollywood resident & business owner who will NOT patronize any company who chooses to destroy rather than preserve an interesting old building, even if it costs a bit more to do so. The short-sightedness of corporations astounds me-had they spent the additional funds to preserve this landmark, it would have paid off ten-fold in goodwill and increased revenue from grateful customers. Pisses me off every time I walk by this corner-brilliant marketing strategy, Key Bank.