Grey skies over the Clermont Hotel
Pentax P30T
Closed since 2009 (due to unsanitary conditions), the stories of the Clermont Hotel on Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue are the stuff of legend to the locals and those who have (and have never) stayed here. Both infamous and legendary are the terms used by most, depending on how you define it. Either way, it certainly has a colorful past and is considered a local landmark. The lounge / strip club located beneath the hotel continues to operate and has racked up more notoriety over the decades than the hotel itself. The property was purchased earlier this year, and will most likely fall victim to the typical urban commodification / homogenization upscale hipster-friendly gentrification project that will sap whatever degree of authenticity still exists within its walls. But they'll probably have to level it to get rid of the stench from the endless nights of unwashed masses that more than likely still roams the hallways.
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Grey skies over the Clermont Hotel
Pentax P30T
Closed since 2009 (due to unsanitary conditions), the stories of the Clermont Hotel on Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue are the stuff of legend to the locals and those who have (and have never) stayed here. Both infamous and legendary are the terms used by most, depending on how you define it. Either way, it certainly has a colorful past and is considered a local landmark. The lounge / strip club located beneath the hotel continues to operate and has racked up more notoriety over the decades than the hotel itself. The property was purchased earlier this year, and will most likely fall victim to the typical urban commodification / homogenization upscale hipster-friendly gentrification project that will sap whatever degree of authenticity still exists within its walls. But they'll probably have to level it to get rid of the stench from the endless nights of unwashed masses that more than likely still roams the hallways.
clatl.com/atlanta/do-not-disturb-please/Content?oid=12366...