This is the greatest. I'm so glad for you (and a bit envious too)!

? Did you say what happened to the clock? It’s a very cool design!

No, you were, umm, preserving a piece of history. Yep, that's it preserving.

Glad You were able to tour the place, see some of the original architecture, and save some memories from there. You preserved a bit of history and are good for doing so in my opinion.

Did you poop in any of the beds?

The sad thing is nothing is sacred anymore.

Hi from the UK, amazing stories, thanks for sharing.

@@themerchantofengland Thank you! You’re very kind😊

How do you know Sirhan killed Bobby? You believe the government? Don't be so naive friend!

It is absolutely depressing . I grew up in Redondo in the early 70s. Luckily , the Rocket Ship park that we played at is still there. Although , the elementary school , Parkway is now gone. So much of Hollywood history is gone. I've always wondered what the Hollywood tourist industry is thinking. I guess they want to take people to a spot and say " this is where it used to be ".. I don't get it.

I heard it live on my radio in my bedroom. I was 16 years old and probably headed to Vietnam. I was devastated. I never went to Nam since I went to college and had a deferment.

@@incog99skd11 Thank God You didn't go.

No kidding! Wow!

So cool!

Scott I love your work, I have a very small youtube channel.

Why did they tear down the Brown Derby?

Cool

They should never have demolished this hotel. It should've been declared an historic site.

@@Elainerulesutube the powers to be was responsible for this tragic destruction of this historic landmark. Not to mention the crime scene which was so controversial then as well as now. But I'm not the least bit surprised. The government is corrupt. Enough said.

Viper got a reprieve for now. It will 100% be demolished in the near future, but it is still open. I'm surprised by that.

@@DearlyDepartedTours hopefully there are others working to get it saved . Up here in Calgary, they’re ripping down many historic buildings, homes . To put in high density housing .

@SHERRY0010 - I was thinking the same thing about asbestos when Scott picked up that piece of ceiling to show it. Yikes!

Thanks, Donny. Unboxing on Christmas Eve! Looking forward to it x

@@DearlyDepartedToursnothing special but better in your hands than mine. Like I said, you are a great keeper of the “STUFF” that keeps us Death Hags entertained. Merry Christmas Scott.

Aw, thanks Carolyn!

I looked at that billboard and noticed the pattern similar to the matchbook but I will definitely look again! THanks for the tip!

@TheNewsAnchor: It’s a relatively safe practice. Demolition crews review floor plans and use only smaller equipment to systematically remove the structure. As you can see, one skid steer loader has a pneumatic chisel hammer on its front. The other has a standard bucket, perhaps with a grapple which serves to hold larger structural debris in place; that loader simply pushes or dumps refuse over the edge, never TOO close! These skid steer loaders are lifted to the roofs by crane, and often dump debris down the interior elevator shafts. Sometimes it’s possible to form a ramp of refuse from one floor to the one below, and drive down progressively as the demolition proceeds. Workers either use the fire exit staircases or a “man-basket” on a crane or boom lift to get to their worksite. A porta-potty can be lifted to the area for convenience, though maybe it’s not needed… Where I live I’ve seen a wide variety of methods of demolition. We have lost so many truly great old historic buildings that local newspaper writer Larry Millet wrote a book: Lost Twin Cities. When I was young I stood for hours in the cold to watch Carl Bolander & Sons, a very old St. Paul demolition contractor which is still in existence, demolish a Minneapolis building. A photographer from the Star Tribune took my name and photo; I received my small “15 (seconds!) of fame” the next day. (I shouldn’t save that edition . . . ) Bolander, by the way, often used one of several awesome, magnificent tools for demolition; all made from old bulldozer “rippers” to which they’d connect very heavy chain for the overhead crane line and for the dragline winch as well. Bolander always used a chain to the dragline winch with their wrecking balls; increasing the siting and “impact” of the cast steel mass. After softening up the building with the ball, it would be disconnected from the two crane lines, and the ripper would be so-connected. With that implement, as heavy as the wrecking ball, but with massive curled tines, the weight would be dropped on fractured debris and then pulled loose by 50 tons of dragline winch power. Concrete would separate from rebar, columns would collapse, entire floors were raked down! It was quite fun to watch, especially if I didn’t care for the building… Bolander has also used the skid-steer loaders on the roof method. Most demolition contractors, Bolander included, now use high-reach excavators with shears, pincers, grapples or such attached. These are fun to witness also! Bolander would sometimes tear down old grain elevators, as this area was once the Pillsbury base. They would use a wrecking ball with the two chains to the two crane winches, lower the ball into the top of the concrete silo and use the dragline winch to raise and lower the wrecking ball, simply “sawing” the concrete with the very robust chain! A lotta power there! I have many still photos, but no film. Sadly, speaking again of HISTORY, I have not found any film of Bolander using their unique “ripper-on-a-string,” an implement which I once overheard a company worker answer another viewer’s question with “That THING Is REALLY HEAVY!!” Still . . . it is very, very sad to lose old bits of our past to landfills, hammermill debris grinders, and the brevity of frail human memory…

Wow, didn't know that! That's cool.

Did anyone poop their pants?

It was a colossal battle between the LA Conservancy and the City of Los Angeles School District. I followed it for years and it was just devastating they could not have found a solution without destroying the place entirely. Some proposals were to keep the room RFK last spoke as a room in the high school but they couldn't even leave that. I am sure the powers that be simply wanted the place gone so nobody could prove the government killed RFK.

@@incog99skd11 your last point is what I'm leaning towards, too. RFK was probably actually going to do some transformational work for the people as president, and that's obviously a no-go for the "powers that be".

They're on his UKposts channel; the very one you're presently viewing.* *Tap the circular image of Scott. Or, you could otherwise, go to your UKposts spyglass, and type in his name and The Ambassador Hotel. 🕯.

Lol it's Ghoulish... You know, like a ghoul...zombie-type ghost, etc

😂😂😂😂😂 gool

Agree

LA has a nasty habit of Destroying History.

Unfortunately, there are plans to ' reimagine ' ( I really can't stand that word ) Dealey Plaza , so you had better go see it while you still can.

Aw, thank you sooo very much. To you as well! x

Bellboy

Fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing that.