site ▁public ▁au ction ▁liquid ated ▁all ▁the ▁furn ish ings , ▁fi xt ures ▁and ▁equipment , ▁along ▁with ▁odd s ▁and ▁ends ▁valuable ▁only ▁as ▁sou ven irs . ▁Dem ol ition ▁perm its ▁were ▁issued ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 . ▁Within ▁days , ▁all ▁traces ▁of ▁the ▁hotel ▁were ▁gone ▁and ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁bank ▁building ▁had ▁begun . ▁ ▁M ini ature ▁model ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁the ▁Garden ▁of ▁Al lah ▁re app eared ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁detailed ▁mini ature ▁model ▁of ▁the ▁complex . ▁For ▁many ▁years , ▁this ▁was ▁on ▁display ▁outside ▁Ly tt on ' s ▁building , ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁pla za ▁at ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁Sun set ▁and ▁C res cent ▁He ights , ▁shelter ed ▁from ▁the ▁elements ▁in ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁shr ine ▁with ▁a ▁lo fty ▁dom ed ▁pav il ion . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁moved ▁ind o ors ▁and ▁eventually ▁disappeared . ▁It ▁res ur fac ed ▁in ▁private ▁hands ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 0 s , ▁architect ur ally ▁int act ▁and ▁with ▁its ▁built - in ▁mini ature ▁electric ▁light ing ▁system ▁restored . ▁ ▁Source ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁▁ ▁The ▁hotel ' s ▁name ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁direct ▁reference ▁to ▁Islam ▁but ▁rather ▁to ▁Naz im ova ' s ▁first ▁name ▁and ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁novel , ▁The ▁Garden ▁of ▁Al lah , ▁by ▁British ▁writer ▁Robert ▁S