Taking a Trip or Two Down Memory Lane
With all these capsule hotels and roadside hotel boxes opening up, will people ever stay in a grand hotel with beautiful architecture and meaningful history again? We hope so. So that's why we checked out some of the hotels that belong to the Historic Hotels of America. And man, there are some old hotels out there. Just don't expect flat-screen TVs in the rooms.
· The Warwick Hotel: This hotel was built in 1927 for $5 million by William Randolph Hearst as a residential hotel with private apartments for his Hollywood friends. Cary Grant ended up staying there for 12 years and now the top floor suite is named after him.
· Holbrooke Hotel: This "hotel" in Grass Valley, aka Gold Rush Country, California is more noted for its still-operating saloon which since 1857 has hosted four U.S. presidents. Today rooms have private baths and cable television.
· Park Hyatt Philadelphia: We're a fan of Park Hyatts so if we were to return to Philly, we'd set up camp here. The hotel takes up eight floors of the landmark Bellevue building which since its opening in 1904 has been host to many Philly-society events. A real historic artifact? In the Grand Ballroom there are crystal chandeliers and lighting designed by Thomas Edison.
· The Park Central Hotel:
The Park Central is an art-deco classic with a "lavender, blue and mint green exterior and portal windows." Built in 1937 it re-opened as a hotel 20 years ago and retained much of its original architecture and original period furnishings. Plus it has cheaper rates than some of the newer South Beach hotels.
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