The one car adds a nice touch.
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I still cant believe this gem is coming down like Raleigh just has skyline to spare…LAUGHABLE and cryable lol
Los Angeles has every right to be ‘too cool’ for round hotel, but they still have their gem, shining right off the freaking 405!!!
And get this historic tidbit that I already shared, but both the Raliegh and LA hotel share the same architect. Have we reached some new age where nothing from the 70s will be allowed to be designated as historic?
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Somehow it feels appropriate on an exit off of a high traffic Interstate. They are of the same era.
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To be clear, that’s a different project than this one: Holiday Inn (RIP) and New Kimpton Hotel - #221 by OakCityDylan
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I wonder what the name of the hotel will be. The hotel in Denver is called “Kimpton Hotel Born”.
The three in North Carolina are Kimpton Hotel Arras (Asheville), Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel (Charlotte), and Kimpton Cardinal Hotel (Winston-Salem). I do wish Cardinal wasn’t already taken; I really like that one. It’ll probably be “Kimpton Oaks Hotel” or something.
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I agree Cardinal would’ve been a great name but I’d like it if they named it Kimpton Carolinian Hotel.
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What about something like Kimpton Joel Lane or Kimpton Isaac Hunter…I think it would be cool to connect to distinct Raleigh history.
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Kimpton Lorenzo Charles
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I must be missing something. How has no one suggested Kimpton Sir Walter Hotel?
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Kimpton Holiday? That would be a nice connection to the lot, lol.
Or Kimpton Curler, Kimpton Capital City?
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The Kimpton Curler reminds me of the nicknames that newspapers give to serial killers 
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I hope they just use the street address as the name. I always love that. 
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I wonder if it would complicate the desire to have the existing Sir Walter converted back to a hotel.
By the time the Sir Walter gets converted back to a hotel, I’ll be one of the pissed off residents…
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To everyone… TIA. Awesome site
Asking for a Friend…
When is the Hloiday Inn demolition date… sitting at flying saucer wondering, Iis there is a party?
Prost,
Steve
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We have no idea. Sometime in the next year I guess? There will indeed be a party of at least me sitting there watching it with a beer in hand.
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I drove to Richmond to watch the Dominion building be imploded. I’ll be here for this one too 
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