But it is simply part of a much wider tapestry, and on the occasion of its demise, it is worth noting that from start to finish, Hollywood Park's story reflects the steady evolution of the society which surrounds it.
And on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary it justifies a celebration.
On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, it's the subject of a Critic's Notebook in the current issue of the magazine.
Still, Buzz faces a struggle against Facebook, which recently announced, on the occasion of its sixth birthday, that it had 400 million users.
Ankara must demonstrate that on the occasion of its proud 86th anniversary it can rise to the occasion and stretch its hand to the Israelis in friendship and show publicly that it values and reciprocates its partnership with the Jewish state.
Watching "When Night Falls" again on the occasion of its New York première, I find it all the more impressive and moving.
Tate Modern has used the occasion of its 10th birthday to show how it is expanding its collection beyond Europe and North America, actively buying work from artists in countries from Algeria to Egypt to Iran.
If you want to award a building that does exactly what the occasion of its making called for, and does it well, the answer is the Everyman theatre, and possibly the School of Art.
On the occasion of its revival in France this week, Julien Gester writes about it in Libération and quotes a 1974 interview with Wilder (reprinted in "Billy Wilder: Interviews"), by Joseph McBride, from Boston's The Real Paper: "The time for Lubitsch is past," he said bluntly.
Given that the rise of the New Wave gave a strong impulse to the creation of the New York Film Festival, which, in turn, became the crucial American platform for those films' American reception, it's utterly apt for the festival, on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, to tip the collective hat to that heritage.
