Once *the* place to be in Birmingham (circa 70s), this hotel built in part by Dorris Day had fallen on hard times.
Stood right next to the garage where I park, and I often would imagine what life was like when The Bear and other star studded Alabamians wined and dined there.
A recent murder prompted the owners of the land to tear it down -- actually imploding it,
No one was allowed to be anywhere near it