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Isrotel Tower Hotel – Seen from ben Yeudah Street at Trumpledor, Tel Aviv, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:56:36 +0000

The Isrotel Tower is a skyscraper hotel located on the beachfront of Tel Aviv, Israel. Standing 108 meters high, the 29 floor tower is operated by the Israeli Isrotel hotel group and is the tallest tower on Tel Aviv’s Promenade. The tower was completed in 1997 and features a rooftop swimming pool, the highest in Israel, and one of only three hotels in Tel Aviv to feature this. Upon completion, this tower was also the tallest building in the country with balconies although the Tel Aviv Towers now have this position.

Spirit Room – Main Street, Jerome, Arizona

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:30:11 +0000

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From the hotel’s website: Built in 1898 by David Connor, the Connor Hotel of Jerome has a colorful past, ranging from the heights of luxury to the depths of squalor and back again. Originally designed with 20 rooms upstairs, this first-class lodging establishment also offered a barroom, card rooms, and billiard tables on the first floor. Rooms were rented on the "European plan" for the princely sum of $1.00 per night. The Connor’s telephone number was 8. The stone foundations were quarried from the hills around Jerome, and the brick was fired in nearby Cottonwood, in the yard of Messrs. Britton and Sharp.

Before the turn of the century, David Connor’s hotel had burned to the ground twice, along with many other fine buildings in Jerome’s crowded downtown. David Connor was fortunate in that he was one of the only two business owners in town to carry insurance, in the handsome amount of $14,500. As a result, he was immediately able to rebuild the hotel, unlike many other buildings lost to fire in the conflagrations that swept Jerome before the turn of the century. After it reopened in August of 1899, it enjoyed a heyday of being one of the finest lodging establishments in the booming mining towns of the West. The hotel had its own bus for delivering guests to the train depot, and was full to capacity much of the time. It was one of the earliest buildings in Jerome to be fully wired for electricity, and each room had a call bell for service.

However, as the fortunes of the mines waned, so waned the fortunes of the Connor Hotel. In 1931, the hotel closed. David Connor’s son and heir continued to rent out the shops downstairs, but the rooms sat idle upstairs. Through the ensuing decades, various merchants renting space in the Connor eked a living out of the dwindling residents remaining in Jerome. When the mines closed in the 1950s, the town came close to becoming a real and true ghost town. Soon thereafter, the town began to attract some slight notoriety for the dubious distinction of being a ghost town, and the merchants shifted gear to try and make a living from the scant tourist traffic wending its way through the formerly bustling town.

As the town began to attract counter-culture folks and sightseers in the 1960s and 1970s, the hotel entered its second heyday, this time as a low budget flophouse of sorts, which was quite popular, especially with people having a night on the town. In fact, many people still remember those days with a good bit of nostalgia. The rooms were twice their original size (still are, in fact), and not glamorous, but definitely the place to be in Jerome.

Pesky safety concerns dictated that the hotel close its doors again in the 1980s. You know, those unpleasant little issues like sprinkler system, fire escape, and adequate wiring, or the lack thereof. The rooms sat vacant and derelict for the rest of the century, until we bit the bullet and embarked upon the major project of correcting the safety issues and providing the amenities and creature comforts that today’s guests have come to expect. Now, with a new fire escape, fire sprinkler system, and safe new wiring in place, not to mention many other modern conveniences, we invite you to enjoy the most comfortable piece of history that the West has to offer!

The Jerome Grand Hotel – Hill Street, Jerome, Arizona

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:56:28 +0000

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The Jerome Grand Hotel was originally constructed in 1926 under the name United Verde Hospital, owned by the United Verde Copper Company (UVCC), later to become Phelps Dodge Mining Corporation. Some knew it as the Phelps Dodge Hospital and United Verde Copper Hospital. It was the 4th and final hospital in Jerome. Opened in January 1927, the United Verde Hospital was a state-of-the-art medical facility; in 1930, listed as the most modern and well equipped hospital in Arizona and possibly in all of the western states. The hospital, however was closed in 1950, as the mining operations began shutting down and medical services were available in the neighboring community of Cottonwood, where many of the staff transferred to. The building stood unused for the next 44 years.

The former hospital was purchased by the Altherr family from the Phelps Dodge Mining Corporation in 1994, and was renamed the Jerome Grand Hotel. The Jerome Grand Hotel is well noted to be the highest commercial building in the Verde Valley, being at a height of 5240 feet above sea level. The hotel was built as a Mission Revival Style of architecture and was the last major building to be constructed in Jerome. The building was considered by many a masterpiece of architecture because, not only was it constructed of poured-in-place concrete, but also at a 50 degree slope on solid bedrock, up against the slopes of Mingus Mountain. The 30,000 square foot building was designed to be fireproof – not one piece of wood is in the framework – and also earthquake proof, as it needed to withstand not only the rumblings of Mother Nature but also the blasts of 260,000 pounds of dynamite.

The Otis Elevator, which was Arizona’s first self-service elevator, was installed in the United Verde Hospital in 1926 and serves all five floors of the building. The elevator is regularly maintained and inspected, insuring safety for public use. This Otis elevator is different from modern elevators because, designed for hospital use, it travels much more slowly, at a distance of only 50 feet per minute, rather than the normal 800 feet per minute found on high rise buildings.

The cast iron Kewanee Boiler, which was also installed in 1926, provides low pressure steam throughout the building. The Kewanee boiler, designed to not only be portable but also convertible, could operate on wood, coal or oil. When in use during the hospital days, the source was oil and has since been converted to operate using natural gas, producing between 800,000 and 2,500,000 BTUs. The Kewanee Boiler also utilizes a dual pump feature, so it need not be shut off for maintenance nor repair, insuring consistent pressure and warmth throughout the building.

While it operated as the United Verde Hospital and later became the Jerome Grand Hotel, many alleged hauntings have occurred. According to ghostlyfavorites.com., "Due to the high level of activity in the hotel, it is a quite popular destination for amateur ghost hunters". Guests that have stayed at the hotel reported to hear coughing, laboured breathing, and even voices coming from empty rooms. Guests also reported smells coming from rooms, such as flowers, dust, cigar smoke, and whiskey. Others report light anomalies and the television sets turning themselves on with no explanation.

Many guests and hotel staff have heard and seen what appears to be a 4 or 5 year old child running down the hallway on the 3rd floor, sometimes crying or laughing. This child also likes to appear at the foot of the bed in various rooms, just staring at the bed’s occupant. Frequently, the sounds of giggling and running occur on the top floor, as though children are at play. The sounds of a newborn baby’s cry is common on the 3rd and 4th floors, as well as the faint smell of baby powder and zinc oxide. The baby’s crying has alerted enough guests that they’ve phoned the front desk out of concern; the location being a vacant room.

Staff as well as guests frequently report bedside table lamps and televisions being unplugged, shampoo bottles rolling across the floor or flying across the room. The sound of doors opening/closing while the room is otherwise vacant are common. Guests have found electronics such as cell phones and camcorders dead center beneath the bed. Front Desk staff, particularly the graveyard shift, have reported hearing coughing and sneezing from the hotel’s laundry room, seeing shadows in the same area of whom they believe to be Claude Harvey, the hospital’s maintenance man who was found dead on April 3, 1935, pinned beneath the Otis elevator, presumably murdered. They see and hear Claude roaming the stairwells and the boiler room as though still at work. Many guests have reported seeing the apparitions of two ladies, one in a white gown, and another one in a nurses outfit, as well as someone who appears to be a doctor or nurse, in a long lab coat carrying a clipboard, roaming the halls. A Spirit Cat is a frequent visitor to the hotel. Its origin unknown, the cat has been heard meowing, hissing and scratching at doors and walls. Both staff and guests have heard and felt the cat brushing against their legs and snuggling against them while on the bed. Most notable is the imprint on the bedding of what is believed to be the cat curled up on bedding that moments earlier had been smooth and straight. A photo, provided by a guest staying in Room 20 in 2008, shows the cat very clearly. This photo is still at the front desk.

During its hospital days, many deaths occurred from illness or injury, but also some rather suspicious in origin, like that of maintenance man Claude Harvey. Claude was found pinned by the back of the neck by the elevator, quite dead. A thorough inspection of the elevator was done, as well as a coroner’s inquest, that determined the elevator could not have caused Claude’s death. No autopsy was allowed to be performed, nor x-ray taken, as the United Verde Copper Company, who owned the building, did not want suspicion pointing in their direction as accident nor intent. Claude’s is the only death in the hospital whose cause has yet to be determined. Speculation is, Mr. Harvey was murdered and his body placed in the elevator room, with his head hanging over the elevator shaft, to look like an accident. Only one other known death since the hospital closed down in 1950, that of Manoah Hoffpauir, a local man hired by Phelps Dodge Mining Company to be a presence in the vacant building, hoping to offset the years of vandalism. Manoah was found hanging from a steam pipe in the Engineer’s Office, where he resided while serving as the caretaker. His death, in 1982, was ruled a suicide. During its days as the United Verde Hospital, an estimated 9000 deaths occurred. In 2011, the hotel was featured on an episode of Ghost Adventures.

Gilbert Scott Bar Ceiling, #2 – St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, Euston Road, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:58:17 +0000

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Gilbert Scott Bar Ceiling, #1 – St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, Euston Road, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:56:35 +0000

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Rain Spout – St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, Euston Road, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:40:23 +0000

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Bygone Reflections – St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, Euston Road, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:38:56 +0000

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Griffen Spoken Here – St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, Euston Road, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:37:23 +0000

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Quite a Facade! – St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, Euston Road, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:35:57 +0000

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Shelton Towers, Take 2 – New York Marriott Hotel, Lexington Avenue near 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:01:04 +0000

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The New York Marriott East Side (formerly The Halloran House) was originally known as the Shelton Towers Hotel. Erected in 1924, it was one of the first major buildings to comply with the setback requirements of the city’s first Zoning Resolution of 1916, this building, shown above, was highly influential in its massing, but was still mired in historical allusions, as evidenced by its abundant and delightful gargoyles and scattered exterior decorative elements, and is a transitional precursor to the explosion of Art Deco skyscrapers that came shortly thereafter.

The architect was Arthur Loomis Harmon, who later was to design the iconic Empire State Building. The 34-story, 1,200-room hotel was the world’s tallest when it was built and Harmon received a gold medal from the Architectural League of New York and the American Institute of Architects. The building gained added celebrity by being depicted in some of the works of two of its most legendary tenants, Alfred Steiglitz, the photographer, and Georgia O’Keefe, the painter.

Shelton Towers, Take 1 – New York Marriott Hotel, Lexington Avenue near 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:59:36 +0000

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In the Friezing Cold – Roger Smith Hotel, Lexington Avenue near 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:58:22 +0000

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Art on the Avenue – Roger Smith Hotel, Lexington Avenue near 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:56:57 +0000

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The Roger Smith Banner – Roger Smith Hotel, Lexington Avenue near 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:55:43 +0000

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The Lexington, Take 4 – Lexington Avenue at 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:23:23 +0000

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The Lexington New York City opened in 1929 as the Hotel Lexington, at the height of the Manhattan midtown hotel boom, 1920s to the 1930s.

The Hotel Lexington was home to many famous restaurants, nightspots and celebrities, including:

· Joe DiMaggio, baseball legend, who resided at the hotel between 1957 and 1962, while he was affiliated with the Monette Company.
· Marilyn Monroe lived here with DiMaggio during their brief marriage in Suite #1806.
· Dorothy Lamour, Hollywood celebrity

The hotel evolved and in the 1930s the "Hawaiian Room" opened in what is now "LQ". The Hawaiian Room was identified with entertainer Arthur Godfrey. Godfrey broadcast his radio show live from the Hawaiian Room. The hotel contained other venues such as the "Paul Revere Tavern," "Denim & Diamonds," "Chateau Madrid," and the "Playboy’s Empire Club" (bunnies with male counterparts called "Rabbits") in the 1980s.

The Lexington, Take 3 – Lexington Avenue at 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:21:55 +0000

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The Lexington New York City opened in 1929 as the Hotel Lexington, at the height of the Manhattan midtown hotel boom, 1920s to the 1930s.

The property now belongs to Marriott’s "Autograph Collection" of fifty hotels that have historic qualities to them. In 2014, a $46 million renovation was completed that restored historic architectural elements including the original brass elevator doors with songbird motifs.

The Lexington, Take 2 – Lexington Avenue at 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:20:21 +0000

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The Lexington New York City opened in 1929 as the Hotel Lexington, at the height of the Manhattan midtown hotel boom, 1920s to the 1930s.

The Normanesque terracotta figures that decorate the Lexington Avenue entrance are reminiscent of those found on the Notre Dame. Rows of terracotta-winged lions adorn the building’s façade. Beneath a metal canopy, inscribed with the hotel’s name, visitors pass through the expansive glass doors into the spacious marbled-floored lobby.

The Lexington, Take 1 – Lexington Avenue at 48th Street, New York, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:18:57 +0000

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Pura Vida Chinese Food – La Fortuna, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:42:08 +0000

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The Palace Hotel – Market Street, Financial District, San Francisco, California

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:04:39 +0000

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The Palace Hotel is a landmark historic hotel in San Francisco, California, located at the southwest corner of Market and New Montgomery streets.

The original Palace Hotel was built by San Francisco banker and entrepreneur William Chapman Ralston who heavily depended on his shaky banking empire to help finance the $5 million project. Although Ralston’s Bank of California collapsed in late August 1875, and Ralston himself unexpectedly drowned in San Francisco Bay on the same day that he lost control of the institution, the Palace Hotel opened two months later on October 2, 1875. Ralston’s business partner in the project was U.S. Senator William Sharon who had helped cause the collapse of the Bank when he dumped his stock in the Comstock Lode. Sharon ended up in control of the hotel as well as both the Bank and Ralston’s debts – both of which he paid off at just pennies on the dollar

With 755 guest rooms, the original Palace Hotel (also known colloquially as the "Bonanza Inn") was at the time of its construction the largest hotel in the Western United States. At 120 feet (37 m) in height, the hotel was San Francisco’s tallest building for over a decade. The monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, King Kalakaua, died in this hotel on January 20, 1891. Although the hotel survived the initial damage from the early morning April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake, by late that afternoon it had been consumed by the subsequent fires. Notably, tenor Enrico Caruso (who had sung the role of Don José in Carmen the night before) was staying in the hotel at the time of the quake, and swore never to return to the city. The urban legend is Caruso, "stood in his nightshirt holding a personally autographed photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt and demanded special treatment."

Completely rebuilt from the ground up, the "New" Palace Hotel opened on December 19, 1909. It quickly resumed the role of its namesake predecessor as an important San Francisco landmark and host to many of the city’s great events. While externally much plainer then the original Palace, the new "Bonanza Inn" is in many ways as elegant, sumptuous, and gracious on the inside as the 1875 building. The "Garden Court" (also called the "Palm Court") – which occupies the same area that the Grand Court did in the earlier structure – has been one of San Francisco’s most prestigious hotel dining rooms since the day it opened. Equally famous was the "Pied Piper" Bar located just off the gleaming polished marble lobby which was overseen by its famous Maxfield Parrish painting of the same name. The 16 by 6 foot, 250-pound mural was removed on March 23, 2013 for sale at a planned auction at Christie’s which was anticipated to bring between up to five million dollars. In the light of strong public opposition to its removal, however, the hotel’s owners relented and instead had the painting cleaned, restored, and returned to the bar where it was rehung with considerable fanfare on August 22, 2013. The Ralston Room, named for co-founder William Ralston, is off the main lobby to the left.

The building in the background with the large clock tower culminating in a spike at its top is located at 33 New Montgomery Street.