The LuLac Edition #1520, March 26th, 2011
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INTERVIEW
A rally in support of the Hotel Sterling was held yesterday. I had the opportunity to talk to a former class mate of mine from King’s who had her wedding at The Sterling.
Q: Your wedding was the first one that I ever got drunk at!
A: Do tell. I remember you did wear a lime green leisure suit.
Q: It was powder blue.
A: Sorry.
Q: I was 19 and I looked 35 and I drank by color. I was sick as a dog the next morning. But your wedding, why the Sterling?
A: Because it was where my parents got married, it was where I had all my seminal moments as a youngster. Because even though it was the early 70s, the Sterling still had that panache.
Q: I remember the ballroom, were you happy with the wedding as far as the Sterling accommodations went?
A: You bet. The staff was right on target in making sure the event was perfect. And you know there was always a bit of a bidding war between Genetti’s and the Sterling help. At least that’s what I was told.
Q: I heard that the staffs, I’m talking the people that made it a profession alternated between the two places.
A: Oh I’m sure of that.
Q: You are living out of the area, ever tour the facility before it went to pot?
A: I visited a few of my dad’s friends at the Citizen’s Voice. That was back in the mid 80s I think.
Q: What do the kids think of it when you visit?
A: They can’t understand how such a beautiful building went downhill. Now granted we live in Virginia where historic preservation is a virtual way of life but it saddens them to see the condition of it. It’s almost like there is a big hole in part of the visual of my life that they can’t see.
Q: A lot of people feel that way. That’s why there are protests hoping to save it.
A: Let’s hope they do. Somehow.
Q: From your lips to God’s ears.
posted by David Yonki @ 12:52 AM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Sentiment is nice, but the Grand Old Hotel is structurally not profitable. In the late 80's I was working at a bank. The condo's were being proposed and deposits were being taken. I talked to the commercial loan officer at the bank. He said not to do it, even then, the structural mess would not make the hotel profitable even back then. Now, it is nothing more than a hulking eyesore. It is time to tear it down. It is just brick and mortar. The memories are kept alive not by the building, but by those who experienced wonderful events.
Sentiment is nice, but the Grand Old Hotel is structurally not profitable. In the late 80's I was working at a bank. The condo's were being proposed and deposits were being taken. I talked to the commercial loan officer at the bank. He said not to do it, even then, the structural mess would not make the hotel profitable even back then. Now, it is nothing more than a hulking eyesore. It is time to tear it down. It is just brick and mortar. The memories are kept alive not by the building, but by those who experienced wonderful events.
2:32x2 is correct. Too far gone, tear it down. Whatever lands on the spot needs to be carefully considered. It is a major gateway to downtown and deserves an impressive structure. Keep the memories, but let the hotel go.
Big hotel got a light on....carry me too far away......big hotel got a light on.........Cause it's here that I gotta stay..........
Big hotel got a light on....carry me too far away......big hotel got a light on.........Cause it's here that I gotta stay..........
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