Back in August, The Wolverine ended a decades-long run in business. A month later, the demolition crew showed up to erase the building from Chelsea’s landscape. The demolition drew some loyal customers — and at least one longtime employee — who wanted to say one last goodbye as they watched the building come down.

These locals told me they’d been going to The Wolverine for decades.

The…wait, what are people in a demolition crew called? Demolishers? Yeah, let’s go with that. The demolishers started at the back of the building, but it wasn’t long before they were taking the first bites out of the brick wall.

When they broke through the brick wall, they revealed what appeared to be an old Wolverine sign.

As they worked their way across the front of the building, the old sign was slowly revealed…

…and destroyed.

The green front door didn’t get a dignified farewell.

It’s partly covered by my name, but in the bottom left corner of the above photo, there’s a pile of bricks. The demolition crew was saving some bricks for anyone who wanted a brick from The Wolverine. I don’t know how many bricks ended up in the hands of nostalgic locals, but it seemed like most of the spectators grabbed a brick or two.