The Demise of Hotel Upson
Thick cloudy sky filled with tears__woe
Crying at the swiftly passing era
No more old generation__new day
The passage into a modern time
A time all its own with difference
Whole set of problems separates it
From times that have gone by but yet__same
History tends to repeat itself
Demise of Hotel Upson brought thought
A time of reflection to many
To some joy that ugly eye sore__gone
Others landmark history removed
Today in America there is
A church or more on every street
Evil, lawlessnes, drugs on the beats
Gangs, violence, road rage, and much more
It seems times like when the Hotel raised
Back in Nineteen twenty eight are gone
A simple time when families, friends
Was an important part of the plan
That hotel was built solid and strong
Built to withstand the test of hard times
Who would have thought its hey-day would end
With a track-hoe beating its walls in
Its architecture was a simple
Design Georgian Revival Style of
Red brick trimmed in limestone best in day
Had a ballroom, elevators, air
No matter it is no longer there
Gone forever to C&D landfill
No even sold to reuse the parts
That made it the best in its day__gone
Copyright © Sara Kendrick | Year Posted 2010
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