I wish some of the other older hotels could have been saved, as mentioned many times on this site.
Does anyone have any specific insights as to why they were torn down (beyond the tear-down frenzy of the 1970s)? I understand that the AT&T Building was built on the Mayflower site--not that that justifies tearing down the building, but at least it was torn down to be replaced with something--but have never read an explanation for why the Seminole and George Washington were torn down, and both not very long after they went out of service too. Something to do with the 1971 redevelopment plan that never panned out?
Was the Seminole torn down for the express purpose of the building old Duval Federal office building that was on that corner?