It didn't take much of an imagination as Lisa Shasteen walked through the dust, hanging wires and paint cans in the old Floridan Hotel to sense the strains of a Tommy Dorsey tune, the clinking of cocktail glasses, the alluring aroma of cigarette smoke wafting across the air. ...more

July 24, 2008

The building at 32 Kartashov St. had had enough. It once served as home to a 19th century merchant, a little log masterpiece with ornate doors and shutters carved like doilies and a structural swagger that said, "Look at me!" ...more

July 6, 2008

There's another hotel opening just off South Howard Avenue. Unlike Bern's Epicurean Hotel project, which will include a luxury spa, restaurant and other amenities, the Hyde Park Hotel focuses on the theory of less is more. ...more

October 10, 2007