145 - Hotel Fires 🔥
With the Richmond Tavern narrowly escaping a fiery demise earlier this week, we’re dedicating this week’s list to a pair of hotels who weren’t so lucky, and the local artists paying them tribute.
Love the marquee featured in this ode to The Embassy via Me & C.
Worth it alone for the texture on this one c/o Andy Ratz via rTraction.
You'll soon be able to see Jamelie Hassan's 1978 "Embassy at Nite" standing 3 stories tall when it grace's the outside of Indwell's Embassy Commons (on the site of the former hotel).
Team Collective knows The 'Wick's signature orange sign is where it was at.
Another great photo treatment c/o Me & C.
Gotta love the commentary from artist Cheryl Radford in the margins of this one from her "Save Me Series" 😬!
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Remember when Hyde Park’s Twilite Drive-In burnt down during a run of Backdraft?!
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