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Anonymous said... As a kid, and having never stayed in one, a hotel was an exciting place or at least what from what I had seen in the old Hollywood movies it was. I remember asking Dad in the early 50's if we could stay in the Hotel Penn? He painted a picture of n'er-do wells, shady characters and hoodlums "on the lam" as being the clientele. I wanted to go in at least for a sandwich but got hustled up the street to that luncheonette across from The YMCA.
Ed Millerick - Michael said...
Ed:
Your Dad was very charitable with his description of these two hotels.
If you remember the buses from Ft. Dix unloaded all those poor lonely soldiers from Ft. Dix right in front of these two hotels.
Of course there were always plenty of women the majority of which were not so young or pretty.
My first job with the City of Trenton in 1959 was as a Health Inspector. My assignment took me into hotels and rooming houses.
Having inspected these two, I can confirm what your Dad had told you.
Merry Christmas
Mike Kuzma
As a kid, and having never stayed in one, a hotel was an exciting place or at least what from what I had seen in the old Hollywood movies it was. I remember asking Dad in the early 50's if we could stay in the Hotel Penn? He painted a picture of ner-do wells, shady characters and hoodlums "on the lam" as being the clientele. I wanted to go in at least for a sandwich but got hustled up the street to that luncheonette across from The YMCA.
ReplyDeleteEd Millerick
Ed:
ReplyDeleteYour Dad was very charitible with his description of these two hotels.
If you remember the buses from Ft. Dix unloaded all those poor lonely soldiers from Ft. Dix right in front of these two hotels.
Of course there were always plenty of women the majority of which were not so young or pretty.
My first job with the City of Trenton in 1959 was as a Health Inspector. My assignment took me into hotels and rooming houses.
Having inspected these two, I can confirm what your Dad had told you.
Merry Christmas
Mike Kuzma