i’ll miss that place - it always had pretty good low noise AM reception and a solid bar, so i’d stay occasionally even after the fest stopped meeting there.
Bob Rodriguez > On Feb 19, 2026, at 11:27 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Swlfest mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Swlfest digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be converted > into 213 apartments (Ed) > 2. Re: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments (david goren) > 3. Re: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments (Richard Cuff) > 4. Re: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments ([email protected]) > 5. Re: Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments (Mike) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:06:00 -0500 > From: Ed <[email protected]> > To: SWLfest mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to be > converted into 213 apartments > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > > https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2026/02/18/doubletree-plymouth-meeting-apartment-conversion.html > > "The former DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Philadelphia West in > Plymouth Meeting is set to be converted into apartments. Kingsbury > Hospitality received zoning approval to convert the shuttered > DoubleTree Suites into 213 apartments, with plans to open by this fall." > > > --But who will get the Listening Lounge & Hospitality Suite with > balcony and roof access for DXing? > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20260219/5e87c085/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:17:41 -0500 > From: david goren <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to > be converted into 213 apartments > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > >> >> >> --But who will get the Listening Lounge & Hospitality Suite with balcony and >> roof access for DXing? > >> > ?Word has it Charlie Loudenboomer put in a bid. > > Hope they?ll fix the elevators. > > That said?I always felt the Doubletree was a real upgrade from the Inn at > Towamencin?more places to socialize, suites, easy access to food and supplies > at the mall for those of us without vehicles?at least at first until it > started to fall apart, elevators as mentioned, late night ?security? dude who > wouldn?t let us sit in certain spots in the lobby, the faulty ventilation > system, and the attendant Fest Flu which I got in the later years more often > than not. > >> _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown >> above. >> >> For more information on the Fest, visit: >> >> http://www.swlfest.com >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20260219/48c9262f/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:46:34 -0500 > From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to > be converted into 213 apartments > Message-ID: > <caavu+ithjtvcd2t8tuy7q03iy9nc-nf8tqdxu29w-h+zvhn...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I had not seen that, Ed - thanks for sending! > > We had an overall good run there. There is also talk that the > Plymouth Meeting Mall itself has been sold to a developer who plans to > raze it, but I don't have a primary source to confirm that. > > Folks who haven't been to Kulpsville itself (where the Inn At > Towamencin was) would see some vestiges of its old self there > (specifically the hotel, the sandwich shop, and the beer distributor) > but much of the surrounding 1/2 mile radius is quite a bit different. > Offices, hotel, a couple restaurants. Gone are the Kulpsville Kitchen > and the barn with the smiley face. Also the small, > convenience-store-only Wawa. > > RC > >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 10:18?AM david goren <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> --But who will get the Listening Lounge & Hospitality Suite with balcony and >> roof access for DXing? >> >> >> >> ?Word has it Charlie Loudenboomer put in a bid. >> >> Hope they?ll fix the elevators. >> >> That said?I always felt the Doubletree was a real upgrade from the Inn at >> Towamencin?more places to socialize, suites, easy access to food and >> supplies at the mall for those of us without vehicles?at least at first >> until it started to fall apart, elevators as mentioned, late night >> ?security? dude who wouldn?t let us sit in certain spots in the lobby, the >> faulty ventilation system, and the attendant Fest Flu which I got in the >> later years more often than not. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown >> above. >> >> For more information on the Fest, visit: >> >> http://www.swlfest.com >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown >> above. >> >> For more information on the Fest, visit: >> >> http://www.swlfest.com >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:25:02 +0000 (UTC) > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to > be converted into 213 apartments > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Of course, the DoubleTree Suites?hotel's best feature was the warm chocolate > chip cookies available upon check in. > > > On Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 09:54:01 AM EST, Ed <[email protected]> > wrote: > > https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2026/02/18/doubletree-plymouth-meeting-apartment-conversion.html > > "The former DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Philadelphia Westin Plymouth > Meeting is set to be converted into apartments. KingsburyHospitality received > zoning approval to convert the shuttered DoubleTreeSuites into 213 > apartments, with plans to open by thisfall." > > > --But who will get the Listening Lounge & Hospitality Suite withbalcony and > roof access for DXing? > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe:? Send an E-mail to? > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20260219/1e5f9126/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:27:01 -0800 > From: Mike <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting to > be converted into 213 apartments > Message-ID: > <cah+up5bzczdi0qrssy2vz6tf2nh0ftngqcifmjbmde0xaj7...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Those were good times.....if one were to know such things. > > Mike > >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 7:46?AM Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I had not seen that, Ed - thanks for sending! >> >> We had an overall good run there. There is also talk that the >> Plymouth Meeting Mall itself has been sold to a developer who plans to >> raze it, but I don't have a primary source to confirm that. >> >> Folks who haven't been to Kulpsville itself (where the Inn At >> Towamencin was) would see some vestiges of its old self there >> (specifically the hotel, the sandwich shop, and the beer distributor) >> but much of the surrounding 1/2 mile radius is quite a bit different. >> Offices, hotel, a couple restaurants. Gone are the Kulpsville Kitchen >> and the barn with the smiley face. Also the small, >> convenience-store-only Wawa. >> >> RC >> >>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 10:18?AM david goren <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --But who will get the Listening Lounge & Hospitality Suite with balcony >> and roof access for DXing? >>> >>> >>> >>> ?Word has it Charlie Loudenboomer put in a bid. >>> >>> Hope they?ll fix the elevators. >>> >>> That said?I always felt the Doubletree was a real upgrade from the Inn >> at Towamencin?more places to socialize, suites, easy access to food and >> supplies at the mall for those of us without vehicles?at least at first >> until it started to fall apart, elevators as mentioned, late night >> ?security? dude who wouldn?t let us sit in certain spots in the lobby, the >> faulty ventilation system, and the attendant Fest Flu which I got in the >> later years more often than not. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Swlfest mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >>> >>> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >> shown above. >>> >>> For more information on the Fest, visit: >>> >>> http://www.swlfest.com >>> http://swlfest.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Swlfest mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >>> >>> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >> shown above. >>> >>> For more information on the Fest, visit: >>> >>> http://www.swlfest.com >>> http://swlfest.blogspot.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >> shown above. >> >> For more information on the Fest, visit: >> >> http://www.swlfest.com >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20260219/19546c81/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Swlfest Digest, Vol 209, Issue 1 > *************************************** _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. 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