I really know nothing about the boutique hotel business, but I guess it would serve anyone who wants a kitchen in his or her hotel room. I assume that means all the folks you list below, business travelers who like to cook, grandparents who come to town to help with a new baby, TV crews working on dark cabbie-centered dramas, families who'd rather not live amid the debris of their historic property rehab down the block?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > There are also several hospitals that might require individuals or families > to > > stay for longer terms--weeks or a few months. I understand people > occasionally > > come from great distances to seek care at the Veteran's Hospital, for > instance, > > and some may not feel comfortable taking advantage of Ronald McDonald > house. > > As for competing with ihouse? I'm not sure I see it. They're marketing a > > whole different experience over there. Not really a Hilton crowd I don't > > think. > > > well, I think we're in agreement. yes, this boutique hotel > could accommodate hospital-related visitors, but surely it's > being planned as a whopping 10-story edifice to accommodate > much more. so, what other types of visitors is it likely to > accommodate? besides the same ones international house > currently provides for? > > * Student (full- or part-time) > * Conference attendee > * Prospective student/parents coming for an interview > * Faculty member > * Medical Trainee > * Professional Trainee > * academically-affiliated individual > > also, for example, some universities set aside portions of > their student dorms to accommodate their commuter students: > > http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i08/08a03101.htm > > - - - - > > I guess what I'm wondering about is this: I can't think of > any examples where this building would be serving the > residents of the neighborhood. so far it seems to be a > campus-purpose building being built in a residential > neighborhood. > > thoughts? > > > .................. > UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN > [aka laserbeam®] > [aka ray] > SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. > "It is very clear on this listserve who > these people are. Ray has admitted being > connected to this forger." -- Tony West > "Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, > more believable" -- Tony West > > > also, where was penn praxis and the friends of 40th street > community forum in all this? their meeting minutes only go > as far as july 2006: > > http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/local/40th//reference.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
