More than forty years after the building of a skyscraper hotel in one
of the world's capitals comes a novel about hotel living: "The Dream of
the Decade - The London Novels" by Afshin Rattansi, former BBC Today
Programme Producer.
The location of novel is the London Hilton
skyscraper in Park Lane, finished in 1963 and designed by William B.
Tabler Architects. The protagonist, a 1980s working-class-man made-good
is a millionaire - but what about others who have chosen to live in
hotels instead of buying property?
In New York: The Carlyle -
"Though hotel residents come in varied shapes, sizes and ages, the
population tends to skew older and toward a high tax bracket, said
Marcie Lieberman, hotel manager at The Carlyle. "It's usually an
upper-echelon person. People who have gotten used to a certain
convenience and who like living in an environment where those things are
available," she said.
Combine that with the right amount of
pampering, and you've got the answer to a hotel dweller's prayers - all
ending in amenity. The Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South, for example,
offers inclusive and a la carte services for any situation from wanting a
massage to needing diamonds at a moment's notice." (Daniel Bubbeo,
Newsday)
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