IT was York's finest art deco building, and it brought pleasure to thousands.
Yet less than a month after the Odeon screened its last film, it is rapidly becoming an eyesore.
The building is boarded up, the alleyway beside it full of broken glass and, according to one local businessman, stinking of urine.
York does not need another White Swan Hotel or Bonding Warehouse - especially not at one of the main gateways into the city.
The city council should put pressure on Odeon to look after the building properly until a new use can be found.
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