The saga of places with a past and a mom and pop industry all comes down to little signs like this. Owners age and see a means to get large amounts of money for what they've worked on for decades, and selling it to anyone who wants to keep it a hotel doesn't get the owners the retirement money they need and see everyone who sells out around them get. It's a vicious cycle, if you want to maintain it, you can't afford it, only developers can- to tear it down. Although the loss is a loss to all of us, to history and to the place itself, it all comes down to individual economic realities.