Tears for the Zenith: The Final curtain falls on Takoradi’s musical shrine

And when the dust settles, all that will remain of the Zenith Hotel is what we carry in our hearts: the music, the legends, and the tears for what we let slip away.

The Silence of the BricksWhen the demolition begins, the walls of the Zenith Hotel will fall—walls that once echoed with jazz trumpets and highlife guitars.

Last week, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Directorate of NADMO confirmed what many of us had dreaded: the Zenith Hotel building in Takoradi has been selected as the first structure to be pulled down under a demolition exercise targeting 88 dilapidated buildings across the metropolisI understand the safety concerns.