Demolition of Pulse, the LGBTQ±friendly nightclub in Florida where 49 people were killed in 2016, began on Wednesday, bringing a symbolic end to an almost decade-long wrangle over the future of the building that some residents and its former owners wanted to be preserved as a memorial for the victims. > > A new $12m permanent memorial will be built on the site, with final plans expected to be revealed in May, and its completion scheduled for fall 2027. > > The design will include a reflection pool and private spaces to honor those killed, while finer details, including landscaping and other features, will be finalized in consultation with victims’ families. The Pulse shooting was, at the time, the nation’s deadliest mass shooting. Gotta love bureaucracy … the shooting happened long enough ago that I was still married.