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Hotel du Vin, Brighton
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Another look at my hotel- right in the middle of the Malacca/ Melaka historic quarter
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Another look at my hotel- a far view this time- right in the middle of the Malacca/ Melaka historic quarter. This hotel is located very close to the city's Dutch Square. Known for the longest period of the Dutch rule of about 183 years, Melaka's art and architecture were defined by these rulers. The delightful heritage street this hotel is located on becomes a very pleasant pedestrian plaza post sundown on weekends, which I had the pleasure of exploring. (pictures later in this album). (Malacca/ Melaka, Malaysia, Sept. 2023)
My pleasant hotel was right in the middle of the Malacca/ Melaka historic quarter
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That's a night view of my pleasant hotel in Malacca/ Melaka, located right in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Malacca/ Melaka historic quarter. The hotel was just steps away from the famous Dutch Square- more on that later in this album. (see subsequent photos). Malacca/ Melaka is noted for its unique history and is one of the major tourist destinations in Malaysia. With a highly strategic state position for international trade routes, Malacca was once a well-known international trade centre in the East, attracting traders from many countries around the world, notably from Arabia, China and India. Malacca/ Melaka was also an important transit and trading point of the spice trade. From these many nationalities were born many of the descendants and tribes that exist in Malacca to this day. (Malacca/ Melaka, Malaysia, Sept. 2023)
Crystal Chandelier
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At hotel Josefine in Vienna.
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photo - Entrance, Palazzo Niccolini, Florence
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Looking up to the hotel's entrance from the courtyard on the ground floor.
Dixie Walesbilt Hotel, 115 North First Street, Lake Wales, Florida, USA / Opened: 1927 / Architect: Fred Bishop & D.J. Phipps, / Floors: 10 / Height: 106.00 ft / Architectural Style: Masonry Vernacular with hints of Mediterranean-Revival
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The Dixie Walesbilt Hotel, known as the Grand Hotel in later years, is one of a small number of skyscrapers built in the 1920s that still stand today and is a prime example of how optimistic people were during the Florida land boom. Built in 1926, it found financing through a stock-sale campaign in the local business community, costing $500,000 after it was completed(which equates to about $6 million today.)
The building architecture, masonry vernacular with hints of Mediterranean-Revival, is also a good example of the time is was built. It was designed by two well-known architects at the time, Fred Bishop who designed the Byrd Theatre in Virginia, and D.J. Phipps, whose designed both the Wyoming County Courthouse and Jail and the Colonial Hotel in Virginia.
The hotel was constructed using the “three-part vertical block” method, which became the dominant pattern in tall buildings during the 1920s. Three-part buildings are composed of a base, shaft and a cap, all noticeably visible.
The hotel opened as the “Walesbilt” in January 1927, shortly after the land boom had started to collapse and two years before the Great Depression began. It’s also best to note that the hotel opened around the same time the Floridan Hotel in Tampa opened, another hotel built during the Florida land boom.
In 1972, the hotel was purchased by Anderson Sun State and renamed the “Groveland Motor Inn”. The firm completely renovated the hotel and used it to host visitors to the area who were interested in Green Swamp, land sectioned off for land development. At the time there was heavy speculation in the land because of it’s close proximity to Walt Disney World and were selling for around $5,000 an acre at the time. That ended after a state cabinet designation of the swamp as an area of critical state concern, placing the land off-limits to any large land developments. The firm filed for foreclosure and the hotel was auctioned off in 1974. Despite RCI Electric purchasing the hotel, it remained empty for many years afterwards.
n 1978, the hotel was signed over to the Agape Players, a nationally known religious music and drama group, who would assume the mortgage and would pay the costs to make improvements to meet city fire and safety standards. The hotel was renamed the “Royal Walesbilt” and after extensive improvements were made, it became the headquarters for the Agape Players; using it as a teaching facility and the base from which the group launched their tours. In addition, they operated a restaurant, an ice cream parlor on the lobby floor and a “Christian hotel” on the upper floors, catering mostly to groups. The Agape Players disbanded in 1985 and put the property up for sale
Victor Khubani, a property investor from New York acquired the property and renamed the hotel “Grand”. The hotel closed briefly in December 1988, due to a variety of code violations and causing the owner to later pay $14,000 in fines. On August 31, 1990 it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, possibly for tax exemption reasons. In October 1991, The State Fire Marshall’s Office gave the owner one year to install a new sprinkler system and in May 1993, the code enforcement board gave Khubani until March to complete the work.
In March 1994, the hotel closed due to multiple code violations and was to remain closed until a new fire sprinkler system was installed. To reopen, the fire escapes and elevator, which did not function, would have to be repaired as well. In 1995, the hotel was auctioned off to a redevelopment firm, which dismantled part of the interior for reconstruction, which was never completed.
Since then, the hotel has deteriorated, becoming an eyesore to many of the residents of Lake Wales and nicknamed “The Green Monster” for the greenish color it has acquired from over the years. In 1995, it was even jokingly mentioned to become a sacrifice to “the bomb”, an economic boom that occurred in parts of Florida where movie production companies would pay cities to blow up buildings for their movies. In 2007, the city foreclosed on the structure for more than $700,000 in unpaid code fines, with hopes in finding someone to restore it.
Development firm, Dixie-Walesbilt LLC announced plans to restore the hotel, signing into an agreement with the city of Lake Wales in February 2010. By the agreement, the city would retain ownership of the building until a defined amount of work had been accomplished. The work must be completed within 16 months and the amount of money invested must succeed at least $1.5 million. The building would then be handed off the Dixie Walesbilt LLC, where they may continue with private funding or other methods to for debt funding.
Ray Brown, President of Dixie Walesbilt LLC, planned to invest $6 million into the renovation, with original plans to put retail stores on the ground floor and using the upper floors for as many as 40 condominiums.
On June 2, 2011, the city of Lake Wales agreed to deed the building off to Ray Brown in a 4-1 vote, after meeting the requirements of the redevelopment agreement. Though Brown submitted a list of costs to the city totaling $1.66 million, Mayor Mike Carter wasn’t satisfied with the results so far, pointing out that Brown failed to repair the windows and repaint the building. Previous owners had put tar on the building and then painted over it, so much of Brown’s investment went to stripping the tar off the exterior walls.
To repaint the building, Brown would also have to resurface the hotel with hydrated lime to replicate the original skin as well as the window frames would need to be constructed of Douglas fir, red cedar and gulf cypress. According to Brown, previous owners who renovated the building rarely removed the building original elements. They carpeted over intricate tile flooring, stuck tar paper above skylights and placed modern drinking fountains in front of the originals. He estimated about 98 percent of the building is still in it’s original form.
Restoration of the building’s exterior began in January 2015 and included surface repair, pressure washing, paint removal, chemical treatment, and a comprehensive resurfacing of the exterior.
While the original plans were for turning the building into condominiums, that has since changed and current plans call for operating the building as a boutique hotel. The hotel will feature geothermal cooling as opposed to traditional air conditioning, a permanent art gallery as well as theme gallery showings throughout the year, and the best WiFi/internet in the city. The project is expected to be completed in 18 to 24 months.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.cityoflakewales.com/505/Dixie-Walesbilt-Hotel
www.abandonedfl.com/dixie-walesbilt-hotel/
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Dixie Walesbilt Hotel, 115 North First Street, Lake Wales, Florida, USA / Opened: 1927 / Architect: Fred Bishop & D.J. Phipps, / Floors: 10 / Height: 106.00 ft / Architectural Style: Masonry Vernacular with hints of Mediterranean-Revival
Urban Florida Photographer posted a photo:
The Dixie Walesbilt Hotel, known as the Grand Hotel in later years, is one of a small number of skyscrapers built in the 1920s that still stand today and is a prime example of how optimistic people were during the Florida land boom. Built in 1926, it found financing through a stock-sale campaign in the local business community, costing $500,000 after it was completed(which equates to about $6 million today.)
The building architecture, masonry vernacular with hints of Mediterranean-Revival, is also a good example of the time is was built. It was designed by two well-known architects at the time, Fred Bishop who designed the Byrd Theatre in Virginia, and D.J. Phipps, whose designed both the Wyoming County Courthouse and Jail and the Colonial Hotel in Virginia.
The hotel was constructed using the “three-part vertical block” method, which became the dominant pattern in tall buildings during the 1920s. Three-part buildings are composed of a base, shaft and a cap, all noticeably visible.
The hotel opened as the “Walesbilt” in January 1927, shortly after the land boom had started to collapse and two years before the Great Depression began. It’s also best to note that the hotel opened around the same time the Floridan Hotel in Tampa opened, another hotel built during the Florida land boom.
In 1972, the hotel was purchased by Anderson Sun State and renamed the “Groveland Motor Inn”. The firm completely renovated the hotel and used it to host visitors to the area who were interested in Green Swamp, land sectioned off for land development. At the time there was heavy speculation in the land because of it’s close proximity to Walt Disney World and were selling for around $5,000 an acre at the time. That ended after a state cabinet designation of the swamp as an area of critical state concern, placing the land off-limits to any large land developments. The firm filed for foreclosure and the hotel was auctioned off in 1974. Despite RCI Electric purchasing the hotel, it remained empty for many years afterwards.
n 1978, the hotel was signed over to the Agape Players, a nationally known religious music and drama group, who would assume the mortgage and would pay the costs to make improvements to meet city fire and safety standards. The hotel was renamed the “Royal Walesbilt” and after extensive improvements were made, it became the headquarters for the Agape Players; using it as a teaching facility and the base from which the group launched their tours. In addition, they operated a restaurant, an ice cream parlor on the lobby floor and a “Christian hotel” on the upper floors, catering mostly to groups. The Agape Players disbanded in 1985 and put the property up for sale
Victor Khubani, a property investor from New York acquired the property and renamed the hotel “Grand”. The hotel closed briefly in December 1988, due to a variety of code violations and causing the owner to later pay $14,000 in fines. On August 31, 1990 it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, possibly for tax exemption reasons. In October 1991, The State Fire Marshall’s Office gave the owner one year to install a new sprinkler system and in May 1993, the code enforcement board gave Khubani until March to complete the work.
In March 1994, the hotel closed due to multiple code violations and was to remain closed until a new fire sprinkler system was installed. To reopen, the fire escapes and elevator, which did not function, would have to be repaired as well. In 1995, the hotel was auctioned off to a redevelopment firm, which dismantled part of the interior for reconstruction, which was never completed.
Since then, the hotel has deteriorated, becoming an eyesore to many of the residents of Lake Wales and nicknamed “The Green Monster” for the greenish color it has acquired from over the years. In 1995, it was even jokingly mentioned to become a sacrifice to “the bomb”, an economic boom that occurred in parts of Florida where movie production companies would pay cities to blow up buildings for their movies. In 2007, the city foreclosed on the structure for more than $700,000 in unpaid code fines, with hopes in finding someone to restore it.
Development firm, Dixie-Walesbilt LLC announced plans to restore the hotel, signing into an agreement with the city of Lake Wales in February 2010. By the agreement, the city would retain ownership of the building until a defined amount of work had been accomplished. The work must be completed within 16 months and the amount of money invested must succeed at least $1.5 million. The building would then be handed off the Dixie Walesbilt LLC, where they may continue with private funding or other methods to for debt funding.
Ray Brown, President of Dixie Walesbilt LLC, planned to invest $6 million into the renovation, with original plans to put retail stores on the ground floor and using the upper floors for as many as 40 condominiums.
On June 2, 2011, the city of Lake Wales agreed to deed the building off to Ray Brown in a 4-1 vote, after meeting the requirements of the redevelopment agreement. Though Brown submitted a list of costs to the city totaling $1.66 million, Mayor Mike Carter wasn’t satisfied with the results so far, pointing out that Brown failed to repair the windows and repaint the building. Previous owners had put tar on the building and then painted over it, so much of Brown’s investment went to stripping the tar off the exterior walls.
To repaint the building, Brown would also have to resurface the hotel with hydrated lime to replicate the original skin as well as the window frames would need to be constructed of Douglas fir, red cedar and gulf cypress. According to Brown, previous owners who renovated the building rarely removed the building original elements. They carpeted over intricate tile flooring, stuck tar paper above skylights and placed modern drinking fountains in front of the originals. He estimated about 98 percent of the building is still in it’s original form.
Restoration of the building’s exterior began in January 2015 and included surface repair, pressure washing, paint removal, chemical treatment, and a comprehensive resurfacing of the exterior.
While the original plans were for turning the building into condominiums, that has since changed and current plans call for operating the building as a boutique hotel. The hotel will feature geothermal cooling as opposed to traditional air conditioning, a permanent art gallery as well as theme gallery showings throughout the year, and the best WiFi/internet in the city. The project is expected to be completed in 18 to 24 months.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.cityoflakewales.com/505/Dixie-Walesbilt-Hotel
www.abandonedfl.com/dixie-walesbilt-hotel/
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
stanwell house hotel
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This beautiful Georgian building is home to a posh boutique hotel in the heart of Lymington. I was quite surprised that it has some rooms which are dog friendly, and also dogs are welcome in the bar and the orangery.
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Exquisite Retreat: Best Hotel in Bikaner for Discerning Travelers - 1
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Escape to a world of refinement at the best hotel in Bikaner. Our commitment to excellence ensures a stay that exceeds expectations, with luxurious accommodations and top-notch amenities.
The Ultimate Maharanisuite Retreat: Elegance Personified - 1
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Experience the epitome of grace and charm in our Maharanisuite, where modern comfort meets timeless sophistication. This suite is designed for queens of style, offering spacious opulence, exclusive amenities, and impeccable service to make your stay truly majestic.
Majestic Mirage: A Boutique Haven - 1
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Step into the lap of luxury at Majestic Mirage, the epitome of a boutique hotel in Bikaner. Unparalleled in its design and service, this hidden gem near Junagarh Fort ensures an intimate and personalized experience. Immerse yourself in the charm of Bikaner while surrounded by the lavish comforts of this exclusive retreat.
The Bull at Ditchling
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Luxury at Every Turn: The Ultimate Guide to Bikaner's Luxury Hotels
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Whether you seek grandeur, impeccable service, or a serene atmosphere, Bikaner's luxury hotels deliver on every front. Explore our guide to find the perfect haven of indulgence.
Petaluma Hotel at Christmas
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Petaluma, California
Petaluma Hotel at Christmas
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Petaluma, California
Petaluma Hotel at Christmas
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Petaluma, California
Charm and Comfort: Your Ideal Stay Awaits at the Best Boutique Hotel - 5
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Immerse yourself in a unique blend of charm and comfort at our top-rated boutique hotel. Experience personalized hospitality, stylish accommodations, and a one-of-a-kind atmosphere for an unforgettable stay.
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Le Baudelaire - Hôtel Le Burgundy Paris - Congrats on Explore! ⭐️ November 20, 2023 #97
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Restaurant Le Baudelaire and Le Burgundy Paris are exceptional destinations in their own right, each offering a unique and luxurious experience to their guests.
Restaurant Le Baudelaire stands out with its Michelin star recognition, symbolizing its dedication to culinary excellence and innovation. Its blend of traditional and contemporary techniques, along with an elegant ambiance and attentive staff, ensures that diners have a memorable gastronomic journey.
On the other hand, Le Burgundy Paris is a luxury hotel that excels in offering discreet yet excellent service, paired with a contemporary and artistic atmosphere. The meticulous use of top-quality materials in its architecture and the incorporation of art throughout the spaces elevate the overall experience for guests.
Both establishments cater to individuals seeking an exceptional and refined experience, whether it's in the realm of dining or luxurious accommodation.
View from the private terrace of The Boulevard Suite
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