Longhouse Demolition

A post from a few months ago, followed by today's shocking development:

From the Seattle P-I, good news on the viking longhouse that used to be a Denny's:

Ballard Denny's site spared from demolition: It's a landmark
The pointy-topped Ballard building that formerly housed Manning's Cafeteria and then a Denny's restaurant may have no identifiable architectural style, but it's a landmark that should not be demolished, the Seattle Landmark Preservation Board decided Wednesday evening.

Sweet! Hopefully they'll get a restaurant in there again. A viking restaurant, with boiled potatoes and lefse, and soytefisk. But no hotdish, so it doesn't steal business away from my favorite bar, Zayda Buddies.

Today, we drove by it. Or rather we drove by the lot full of wreckage and wrecking machines that were making more wreckage from what little remained of it. It was heart-wrenching.

The media had told me it was saved (from destruction) and I trusted them.
You'd think I'd learn by now.

A sad metaphor for the state of this whole nation.