The Ambassador Hotel: A Walk-Through of a 1929 Boutique Building
A 1929 building near Tulsa's Art Deco district, converted into a small boutique hotel with intimate public rooms and period detailing.
The Magnolia Hotel: Working an Italian Renaissance Revival Building
A 1923 Italian Renaissance Revival building in downtown Omaha, converted to a hotel, with an interior courtyard and period detailing.
The Liberty Hotel: Who This Venue Suits
The former Charles Street Jail, built 1851 and converted in 2007, with a ninety-foot granite atrium and catwalks. Dramatic, hard-edged and not for everyone.
Shooting a Wedding at the Crystal Ballroom: The Technical Side
A 1914 room on the third floor of a downtown Portland building, with a mechanical floating dancefloor and lighting built for bands rather than weddings. A technical guide.
Fairmont Copley Plaza: The Technical Side of a Grand Ballroom
Opened 1912 on Copley Square, a Henry Janeway Hardenbergh grand hotel with gilded ballrooms, a trompe-l'oeil lobby ceiling and no daylight where it counts.
The Union Station Hotel: Photographing a Barrel-Vaulted Grand Hall
Opened 1894 as a railway terminal, now a hotel, with a Grand Hall under a 65-foot barrel vault carrying mosaic, gold leaf and a projected light show.
McMenamins Kennedy School: Field Notes for a Wedding Photographer
A 1915 schoolhouse in Northeast Portland turned hotel, bar and event space. Enormous character, tungsten light everywhere, and painted walls that will colour-cast your skin tones.
The Press Hotel: A Walk-Through of a Converted Newspaper Building
The former Portland Press Herald headquarters in downtown Portland, Maine, converted into a design hotel with newspaper-themed interiors and period detailing.
The Belvedere: The Technical Side of a 1903 Grand Hotel
Opened 1903 in Mount Vernon, a Beaux-Arts grand hotel with ornate ballrooms, a famous mirrored room and a thirteenth-floor rooftop over Baltimore.
The Chase Park Plaza: A Walk-Through of a 1920s Grand Hotel
Opened 1922 in the Central West End, a grand hotel with the ornate Khorassan Ballroom, a rooftop, and Forest Park directly across the street.