Past and present staff of The Gleaner gathered on Thursday evening at 7 North Street in downtown Kingston for a symbolic farewell to a building that has stood for decades as one of the country’s most recognisable media landmarks.

Perched on the rooftop of the iconic premises, journalists, editors, retirees, and support staff looked out over the city as they marked the closing chapter of a site sold as part of a wider rationalisation exercise by the RJRGLEANER Communications Group.

There was nostalgia in the air – and a sense that something larger than bricks and mortar was being left behind.