The building contained office space and a ground-floor theatre and was known for its façade featuring terra-cotta shields and gargoyles.

The building's arcade was connected to the beach in 1927 by a 181-foot (55 m) long tunnel under Ocean Boulevard designed to protect pedestrians from the busy road.

A preservation group hired a developer to create a proposal for redevelopment that included saving the old building, but their efforts were unsuccessful.

[3] Two of the building's ornamental pillars were repurposed as an entry gate for the Drake Chavez Greenbelt Park in the Willmore neighborhood.

[5] Less than a year after the song was released, it was announced that the Jergins Tunnel will reopen as a speakeasy which will be part of a new Hard Rock Hotel.