Sad Scenes from the Riviera-- Part 3

This morning, I read in the Yahoo Route 66 e-mail group that it is believed that the Riviera letters have been removed from the one part of the building that was saved.

That is just one final slap-in-the-face for us 66ers if that is true. I was definitely hoping the letters would end up in some place, preferably the Museum and Hall of Fame in Pontiac, so that we would have our memories.

The person who reported it had heard it was gone, but had not confirmed it. So, let's hope he heard wrong.

If they are indeed gone, perhaps some other part of the historic place might be saved like the clothesline used to send orders up to the kitchen or dumb-waiter that brought them down (supposedly weighed down by a World War II shell). And, at least one of the two "thrones" must have survived.

We Need Something to Remember Her By. --RoadDog