Continuing our obsession with hotel cars, we have this cool shot from SingNShoot of the old-timey Checkers cab at the Proximity Hotel. Another shot of an old London cab the hotel uses is here. We're loving this! How cute. Also, the rainy day is an apropro backdrop for the cabs. But we have to wonder, since the Proximity is a green hotel, are these cars hybrids?]]> juliana 2008-11-20T17:40:09-05:00 36.0894940 -79.822733 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/9/121435/428 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/2008_Proximity.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p><p> Hard work pays off, and nobody has been working harder for their LEED certification than Greensboro, North Carolina's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Proximity+Hotel/ian/260298">Proximity Hotel</a></b>, who have been rewarded as the <b>first hotel in the US to hold Platinum status</b>. LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council's rating system for designing and constructing the world's greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings, with platinum being the height of achievement.<p> Opened only last year, Proximity boasts all the usual amenities of a luxury property, including an outdoor pool and free airport transportation in your choice of a restored London cab or checker taxi. Even their sister property down the road, the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/O+Henry+Hotel/ian/140510">O. Henry Hotel</a></b>, provides more choice for lounging and JetSetCD 2008-10-09T13:07:28-05:00 36.0894940 -79.822733 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/5/23556/1558 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/proximityhotelav.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Thanks to Ajbelongia who dropped this photo in the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/87006527@N00/2064348735/in/pool-hotelchatter/">HotelChatter Flickr Pool</a> juliana 2007-12-06T09:45:01-05:00 36.089074 -79.821027 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/