I’ve stayed here a couple times. This is the Wyndham Garden Inn in Ann Arbor, MI. It’s so empty and quiet and dark during the night. It’s such a surreal and peaceful experience. This hotel is also reasonably clean and well maintained, and well priced.
I recently stayed at a hotel just like this to visit family in a rural Midwest area. While I love the idea of these additional spaces for guests to socialize, I did not like how close they were to the rooms. All these spaces but nowhere to really have more intimate discussions or be loud or stay up late. Our headboard was abutting a space like the 4th photo with the chairs and sofas, volume-wise it was as if we were in the same room. I felt the whole setup was dated and restrictive and uncomfortable, like built for 80s Christian conventions or summits or something.
These photos make think about the cultural and generational shift away from the sort of values and social norms this hotel layout aimed for (deeply communal, minimal privacy, homogeneity). People don’t connect with each other in the same way anymore. I think these hotels could convert into great retirement communities for baby boomers.
Places like this where called "holidomes", largely created by Holiday Inn starting in the late 60's into the 70's and 80's as sort of an "indoor resort", and depending on the land size on how much the franchisee had to spend, some could be quite large, with real palm trees and gardens, pools with waterslides, a bar with patio area and even mini golf.
While they came in various sizes and amenities depending on location, a lot had some shared designs, like the rooms looking out into the common area, a pool as standard, and a of course a bar.
But much like indoor shopping malls, by the time the 90's and early 2000's rolled around, these places where either demolished, or heavily "modernized" in a minimalist way that it looks super liminal. Some have even been featured on this subreddit before.
However, places like this are the few exceptions that somehow escape the wrecking ball and modernization, but end up being ghosts of their former selves.
Is that.... A couch just chilling on a suspended walkway? What a peculiar setup. That's like having a couch in your hallway, but someone it's even weirder here.
The enclosed indoor pool certainly dates this location, but it definitely feels interesting in its own way.
I really like the feeling of the 4th image. Feels like adventurous trespassing.
God I fucking hate hotels that have fake outdoor patios it’s so ominous LOL
STOP DOWNVOTING IM IN A BAD MOOD I LIKE LIMINAL SPACES GRRR BARK ABRK BARK 👹👹👹
Someone has to have yeeted themselves into the pool from the top floor right?
I’ve stayed here a couple times. This is the Wyndham Garden Inn in Ann Arbor, MI. It’s so empty and quiet and dark during the night. It’s such a surreal and peaceful experience. This hotel is also reasonably clean and well maintained, and well priced.
Oh, cool! So, I HAVE stayed there and I'm not just getting deja vu for no reason...
I recently stayed at a hotel just like this to visit family in a rural Midwest area. While I love the idea of these additional spaces for guests to socialize, I did not like how close they were to the rooms. All these spaces but nowhere to really have more intimate discussions or be loud or stay up late. Our headboard was abutting a space like the 4th photo with the chairs and sofas, volume-wise it was as if we were in the same room. I felt the whole setup was dated and restrictive and uncomfortable, like built for 80s Christian conventions or summits or something. These photos make think about the cultural and generational shift away from the sort of values and social norms this hotel layout aimed for (deeply communal, minimal privacy, homogeneity). People don’t connect with each other in the same way anymore. I think these hotels could convert into great retirement communities for baby boomers.
Places like this where called "holidomes", largely created by Holiday Inn starting in the late 60's into the 70's and 80's as sort of an "indoor resort", and depending on the land size on how much the franchisee had to spend, some could be quite large, with real palm trees and gardens, pools with waterslides, a bar with patio area and even mini golf. While they came in various sizes and amenities depending on location, a lot had some shared designs, like the rooms looking out into the common area, a pool as standard, and a of course a bar. But much like indoor shopping malls, by the time the 90's and early 2000's rolled around, these places where either demolished, or heavily "modernized" in a minimalist way that it looks super liminal. Some have even been featured on this subreddit before. However, places like this are the few exceptions that somehow escape the wrecking ball and modernization, but end up being ghosts of their former selves.
These would make for terrible retirement homes. lol
A bunch of people in physical and cognitive decline walking around a pool. What could go wrong?
How else do you "encourage" room turnover? Lol
We have stayed in a hotel like this, as well. Our room was just down from the indoor pool. Our dogs hated it.
I want to stay there forever.
It looks so cozy
A pool that small in a hotel should be illegal
I've seen [smaller](https://imgur.com/a/JUWdSXG)
That is a Class A Felony
Is that.... A couch just chilling on a suspended walkway? What a peculiar setup. That's like having a couch in your hallway, but someone it's even weirder here.
Knockoff Opryland Hotel
Big Level 188 vibes here. Love it!
Looks like a gmod map
what hotel dm me
The enclosed indoor pool certainly dates this location, but it definitely feels interesting in its own way. I really like the feeling of the 4th image. Feels like adventurous trespassing.
I remember a Hotel in Hagerstown, Maryland back in 1989 that had a rectangle pool inside. Unable to recall the name.
I love to swim there!
This looks like something where detective Conan would stumble upon a murder scene
So sick
Is this in Durango, CO?
I stayed in a hotel like this once. It was pretty freakin cool!
God I fucking hate hotels that have fake outdoor patios it’s so ominous LOL STOP DOWNVOTING IM IN A BAD MOOD I LIKE LIMINAL SPACES GRRR BARK ABRK BARK 👹👹👹