Thursday, January 15, 2009

Mission 7: Retro Fitting

1.) Which hotel is a former jail and what famous person was once imprisoned there?
The hotel that was a former jail was The Liberty Hotel and the famous person that was held there was Malcolm X and Notorious anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti.
2.) Which hotel has a Greek god on it, what does that god symbolize and what was the former function of the building?
It was the Hotel Icon. The god symbolizies trade and commerce and the former function of the building was the historic Union Bank Building.

3.) Which hotel was once a factory and cold storage facility?
The hotel is named Hotel Monaco.

4.) What was Hotel Monaco formerly known as?
It was formely known as the city's General Post Office, which was also the first all-marble structure in the nation's capital.

5.) Which Hotel is expected to gain a LEED silver certification, what department store is below it and what was the former name of the department store?
The hotel is The Nines in portlad, Ore. The department store below it is Macy's which was the National register of historic Places.

6.) What hotel was modeled after rooms on a ship, which shipwreck survivors were housed there?
The Jane Hotel, the shipwreck survivors were the survivors of the Titanic.

7.) How do you get to Jules Undersea Lodge, what was it formerly used as?
You have to snorkel to the entrance which was once a former research lab in the waters of Key Largo.

8.) What was the Emily Morgan Hotel's former use?
It was formely The Medical Arts Building a landmark in the Alamo City.

9.) What famous national landmark is the W Minneapolis-Foshay building modeled after, what elements of the orignal building were used in the new building?
Italian marble, terrazzo floors and ornamental brass, bronze and nickel accents were used.

10.) What hotel was modeled after a hotel in a television show, what was the name of the television show?
The Avalon Hotel featured the show named, " I Love Lucy".