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i think it's such a shame they let the sterling turn into that....something once so beautiful into a mess. maybe they should go and clean it......the people here in wilkes-barre better never ever demolish that building....i'd miss passing it everyday and just wanting to go back in the day to see it

hey EV1nut......the sterling hotel is still there....i would know because i see it everyday. and i would say that the scrolls really are beautiful...they just complete the whole building
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when i showed this to my mother who stayed in this hotel a long time ago. she said "what a shame...i remember how beautiful it was and people should have taken better care of it." and i said i know older pictures show how beautiful it really was. it still is beautiful ...kinda...from the outside..even with the broken windows. i love going past that hotel everyday and looking up at it : )

i cross that bridge like almost everyday....it goes right to kirby park...which is an amazing beautiful place

it had a chance to still be running today but people just didnt take care of it. after the flood of 1972 and the fire (which you mentioned in the article.....and i heard my mom tell me like a million times) ....the people who owned the hotel just werent taking care of it the way that they should of been. and now it sits there and people vandalize it and set fires in it all the time.
and motts dont think i'm acting rude cuz thats not my goal i'm just stating the facts

hi motts. i live like a 5 min drive away from the sterling hotel. and in the article you said that it was demolished in february 2007. and thats not true they only took down a little bit of it. the rest is still all there. .....it truly is a wonderful thought to think how beautiful it was back in the day, my mom was there a long time ago and said it really was a gorgeous hotel.

this building should be demolished its a shame to see it in such poor condition. it looks to little to late to renovate this one.

this building dosent look that bad mambea theres a hope of renovation.

what a shame to see building forty sitting there rotting. a care taker should have been hired to keep the maintence up on the buildings.

that piano is beautiful. it looks good now, it kinda makes you wonder how gorgeous it looked when it was new.

i heard those were to stop suicides(gates)

this would be a good pic for a cover of a pink floyd album

thats a nice view. i would have loved to go there and see it before it got demolished.

I like all of your black and white pics...But i LOVE your color pics way more

exit sighn is in good condition