Oh, I forgot to add the context for that part of it: Ziegfeld's didn't close by choice. The Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball had arm-twisted the city into clearing a "footprint" for the proposed baseball stadium in that area, and refused to add a team in Washington, DC unless the stadium had waterfront and monument views. The "footprint" for such venues includes far more space for parking and presumed retail than for the actual stadiums. It was the old story of the jocks beating up the queers. Many of the venues that the city forced to close weren't even technically on the baseball stadium's "footprint", much of the area was low-income housing for some of the city's poorest residents, and the stadium itself is a massive eye-sore when you drive into the city along South Capitol Street.
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Wow that makes it even sadder. :( ggrrrrrr