Nobody wants to hear that their favorite watering hole is closing down, which is why we're not going to say the Gold Dust Lounge is shuttering -- at least not yet.

This afternoon, the city's Historic Preservation Commission voted against designating the popular bar as a historic landmark, claiming that doing so would not be effective in saving the bar -- and the commission is correct about that. Only a judge can decide whether or not the Gold Dust lounge will stay or go.