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The Royal Palace Motel, a long-abandoned building right at the corner of one of Denver’s busiest intersections, is coming down. 

Crews on Monday started tearing into the building at Colorado Boulevard and Colfax Avenue. The sound of crunching metal and crushed wood marks the end of the Royal Palace, which opened in 1969 and closed in 2013.

In the 12 years since its closure, the vacant building has been subject to much speculation about its future. At one point, there was brief momentum to turn it into a shelter for unhoused people.