Ambassador Hotel and Coconut Grove in Los Angeles

The Ambassador Hotel and its once-famous Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles was the scene of protracted litigation to save the structure after the hotel closed. The L.A. Conservancy - a building conservation group - ultimately lost and the Los Angeles Unified School District tore down the hotel in 2006 to build a new school. However, the Coconut Grove part of the structure is supposed to become the school auditorium, although the degree to which this will occur is uncertain. The hotel was the scene of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. The clip was made before the demolition but after the hotel closed.

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