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Day 43: February 12, 2014: Cathedral Hill

The Cathedral Hill Hotel has certainly seen better days. I was drawn out here after being told of it’s post-apocalyptic qualities, and it did not disappoint. Skin removed and partially torn down to make way for a new medical center, the former hotel was left looking like it was dropped here straight out of a war zone.

This is how it ends for the hotel, built in 1960, it opened as the epitome of modern and modernist, with a unique design and such amenities as a pool, rooftop ice rink, parking(!), and new fangled air conditioning in every room. Modern times weren’t so kind to the hotel, however, and the location has been closed to guests (apart from a brief infiltration by a crowd of Occupy protestors) since 2009. The future has come for the hotel, and the end is here.

I have very few memories of the hotel itself: Just a few fleeting memories of the Video Only store and glimpses of the closed off parking lot.

(Top photo is from the Canon 650 on Portra 400, which was not focusing so well in the low light. All of the others are a rare these days bit of digital)