Jackson Jambalaya

Quite a few old Hookers shed a silent tear when they saw the photo. Lots of moneymaking memories with Representatives and Senators I bet.

If they could have just waited one more year when the Farish Street Entertainment District takes off....

Sad, but it was time. It wasn't going to get any better as time went on. It had outlived its usefulness long ago.

Just imagine the asbestos and DNA from the bedspreads flying all over Jackson

12:36 its better than a stray .9mm

Pour a little bourbon on the slab in honor of all the wives who got STDs when their lawmaker husbands returned from residing in the Sun N Sand while legislatin',

Apparently they had to stop demo this morning because of asbestos (all joking aside)

Good riddance!!!

Save the sign, build a prison.

I hope whoever is removing those mattresses is wearing a hazmat suit. Yuk!

@9:07 I'd vote for that a couple times.

@ 8:50am - a stray .9mm likely wouldn’t do much damage, considering how small .9mm is.

I sure hope 10:34am doesn't own any guns.

I believe that only the part that housed motel rooms is being demolished, since those buildings aren't reusable. The outside access to rooms from open-air hallways wouldn't give anyone a sense of safety in staying there. The front part of the Sun-n-Sand, with its check-in desk & meeting rooms is all that's being considered for preservation, along with the sign, because of their architectural significance, according to the last news stories I've read. The buildings with motel rooms have no architectural importance.

Hopefully no Covid spike with this, but raises the question of airborne release of other pathogens. You name it, I'm sure it's buried in the rubble.

Apparently no one but 10:34 understands the difference between 9mm and .9mm...

11:45 AM
0.9mm isn't a cartridge, genius.

Where do the legislators go to counsel to the hookers and rent boys nowawdays?

6:02, you are mistaken. Those folks were nieces and nephews.

What went on there stayed there. The place sank when legislators could stay elsewhere.

Progress is evident. No longer do our elected officials stay at a seedy downtown motel and order up two-over-light with grits and a biscuit for a hangover...they now crash in camper trailers parked behind the coliseum and fry up deer sausage for breakfast. Movin' On Up as JJ would say.

Why are they trying to save any part of this building? It was closed 19 years ago and just sat there. Wonder how much money DFA will put into renovating the ballroom? the taxpayers bill on the Wright & Ferguson building is going to be around $11.7 million dollars. The Sun and Sand property is large - too much square footage does not justify saving a ballroom for meetings, etc. Governor Reeves needs to stop this insane idea now - don't let Katy Blount continue to tell the State what they can or cannot do with non historical buildings!

The Bill Will in Cantonia was repurposed.

By the way...Remembering way back when the local wannabees would show up for breakfast at the S&S and poke each other, saying, "You realize who that is over at the third table from the door?"

It's scary to realize some of those wannabees from thirty five years ago are now either in the legislature or on talk radio. Ellis Bodron didn't see that coming.

11.7 million for a damn building that smells like formaldehyde. Come on! Move on and save the taxpayers some money. It was outdated and stinks! Give us a break and flatten the funeral home it was!!!

Ellis Bodron didn't see that coming.

I saw what you did there. So did Ellis.

"Ellis Bodron "

Now that was a good one.