Welcome to day 21 of 31 Days of Heterotopias: Motels and Hotels, a month of posts about how motels, hotels, and inns function as heterotopias and liminal spaces in society. (More about heterotopias and liminal spaces.) Each post will look at these ideas from its own vantage point, which may not obviously connect with the others, and which may mention motels and hotels only peripherally or may focus on them without referencing heterotopia or liminality. I won’t attempt to tie the posts together. They’ll all be listed here, as they are posted.
Included are: Holiday Inn Resort, Jekyll Island, GA, July 2016; Olde Tavern Motel, Orleans, MA (Cape Cod), Nov. 2016; Sand Dollar Motel reception, Pine Point, ME, June 2013; Midtown Hotel, Boston, Feb. 2015; Cotton Sail Hotel, Savannah, GA, Sept. 2014; Clark’s Motel, Santee, SC, Sept. 2013; Flagship Inn, Boothbay, ME, June 2015; Tall Timber cabins, Pittsburgh, NH, July 2015; Casablanca Motel cabin, Manchester, VT, Nov. 2012; Cove Motel, Orleans, MA (Cape Cod), April 2017; Schooner Bay Motor Inn, Rockland, ME, Aug. 2013.
Holiday Inn Resort, Jekyll Island, GA, July 2016
Schooner Bay Motor Inn, Rockland, ME, Aug. 2013
Cove Motel, Orleans, MA (Cape Cod), April 2017
Olde Tavern Motel, Orleans, MA (Cape Cod), Nov. 2016
Sand Dollar Motel reception, Pine Point, ME, June 2013
Casablanca Motel cabin, Manchester, VT, Nov. 2012
Midtown Hotel, Boston, Feb. 2015
Flagship Inn, Boothbay, ME, June 2015
Tall Timber cabins, Pittsburgh, NH, July 2015
Cotton Sail Hotel, Savannah, GA, Sept. 2014
Clark Motel, Santee, SC, Sept. 2013
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Lobbies, Public Living Spaces, Breakfast Rooms:
one of many sitting areas, Clarks Inn, Santee, SC, Sept. 2013breakfast and dining, Hampton Inn, Roanoke, VA, June 2013breakfast room, Birchwood Inn, Lenox, MA (Berkshires), May 2010lobby, Hudson Hotel, New York City, Nov. 2010partial of breakfast room, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Kennett Square, PA, Oct. 2017lobby, Hampton Inn & Suites, Portsmouth, NH, Nov. 2014lobby, Middlebury Inn, Middlebury VT, Nov. 2015lobby, Intercontinental Hotel, Boston, MA, March 2016lobby, Planters Inn, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2017lobby, view to breakfast area, Element Hotel Seaport, Boston, MA, March 2017
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Hallways and Corridors (I mean, what are they thinking with some of this carpet?):
stairs & hallway, The Midtown Hotel, Boston, MA, Feb 2015wacky hallway carpet, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Kennett Square, PA, Oct. 20172nd floor of Middlebury Inn, Middlebury, VT, Nov. 20153rd floor hallway, Element Hotel Seaport, Boston, MA, March 2017hallway, Hampton Inn & Suites, Portsmouth, NH, Nov. 20144th floor hallway, Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Jekyll Island, GA, April 2012hallway carpet, Hyatt Place Hotel, Owings Mills, MD, Oct. 2017hallway of roomettes on Amtrak, Silver Meteor train, Dec. 2016
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