751 Comments for Hotel Sterling

BALLROOM ONCE HAD COLUMNS LIKE THE ONES SEEN IN THE LOBBY

stunning. wounderfull texture!

i looooove the colors!

The colors..the trip..the shape..I LOVE IT!!

If i could do this to a room in my house I SO would!

ROTFLOL Seattle_Dave!! I actually remember that song..not sure if i should be proud or ashamed LOL.

I love how it looks "lived" in..though i think it's time for a new rug..

omg this one is so creepy!!

I actually get a sense of fear looking at this photo. I love how you capture emotions in your photos.

OOOoooo u making me dizzie...lol

See.. that's why i can't go in places like this...I would have debated about ripped a few of those tiles off the wall.

But in the end it's Valdelism and THAT is why places like this are impossible to get into to take a few photos..

Absolutely stunning Motts!!

It almost looks like a room in a factory with those brick walls

It looks kind of creepy, yes it looks more like a hospital than hotel

To bad this place couldn't have been made into a private residence like a home, or cleaned up to be a working hotel once again, or even a Bed and Breakfast complete with antiques. Could you imagine how much space you would have to get lost in this beautiful place? Amazing! Too bad most of these places are being re-desinged and made into condos, while other old structures like this one are simply being demolished only to then make way for a parking lot, or a shopping center, or more condos. I love old buildings, especially reading up on the history of them too. I love the lobby picture most of all, very beautiful designs on the large collumns and on the railings of the second floor. Reminds me of lost elegence of a forgotten time in history that is often overlooked nowadays. Nice pictures and wonderful website by the way, keep up the good work.

Could it have been a room used for greenery or some sort? Seems the logical conclusion with so many windows and the counter top. I'm thinking like a roof-top garden room, in a way.

It looks like a Japanese munitions bunker in northeast China during the War. The Japanese occupationists built numerous bunkers because the Communist resistance are famous for relying on massed artillery strikes to obliterate distant enemy targets. The Japanese thought bunkers would keep them safe. Well, not really, when shells are fired at such a position that they ascend to the sky, then comes down in a completely vertical path.

i agree joy 1, these beautiful old buildings have gone to waste. i absolutely adore them.

very cool hallucinator