Bookstores & Libraries where you can spend the night
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2haydninvienna
I think this is another one in Tokyo: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/book-and-bed.
3lilithcat
>2 haydninvienna:
That's not really a bookstore or library. It's a hostel with lots of books. Not that that's a bad thing! A (much) more upscale version of that is the Library Hotel in New York: https://libraryhotel.com/en/the-concept.html
That's not really a bookstore or library. It's a hostel with lots of books. Not that that's a bad thing! A (much) more upscale version of that is the Library Hotel in New York: https://libraryhotel.com/en/the-concept.html
4haydninvienna
>3 lilithcat: Ah, my bad. Still, looks like an interesting place.
5lilithcat
>4 haydninvienna:
It does!
i think a lot of hostels, inns, hotels, etc. are providing books these days. There was a hotel I used to stay at when I went to NYC that had nice big bookcases in the lobby, and guests were encouraged to take and leave books. They catered to an international clientele, so many were in languages other than English. The hotel closed back in 2019 for renovations, and is re-opening shortly under a new name/owner, so I don't know if that will continue.
It does!
i think a lot of hostels, inns, hotels, etc. are providing books these days. There was a hotel I used to stay at when I went to NYC that had nice big bookcases in the lobby, and guests were encouraged to take and leave books. They catered to an international clientele, so many were in languages other than English. The hotel closed back in 2019 for renovations, and is re-opening shortly under a new name/owner, so I don't know if that will continue.
6WholeHouseLibrary
>3 lilithcat: MrsHouseLibrary and I spent four nights at the Library Hotel back in June 2005 - Room 1000.005 Journalism. It's referred to as a boutique hotel.
It was part of a 3-week vacation to the northeast to show my bride of then four years the area where I grew up, and that trees can actually grow straight up.
The first week was northern NJ, the Adirondacks, and a side trip to the Delaware River (where I spent at least a few weeks with cousins canoeing.)
Then we turned in the rental car and took the train into NYC, where we spent two weeks at five different hotels in various spots in Manhattan, where we could walk to everything we wanted to do. The Library Hotel was the best the hotels we stayed at, and only one of them was cheaper. Wonderful place!
I just clicked on their link; looks like they're still open for business with the same name.
It was part of a 3-week vacation to the northeast to show my bride of then four years the area where I grew up, and that trees can actually grow straight up.
The first week was northern NJ, the Adirondacks, and a side trip to the Delaware River (where I spent at least a few weeks with cousins canoeing.)
Then we turned in the rental car and took the train into NYC, where we spent two weeks at five different hotels in various spots in Manhattan, where we could walk to everything we wanted to do. The Library Hotel was the best the hotels we stayed at, and only one of them was cheaper. Wonderful place!
I just clicked on their link; looks like they're still open for business with the same name.
7lilithcat
>6 WholeHouseLibrary:
I just clicked on their link; looks like they're still open for business with the same name.
Yes, it's a different hotel that closed/re-opened.
I just clicked on their link; looks like they're still open for business with the same name.
Yes, it's a different hotel that closed/re-opened.
8WholeHouseLibrary
That's very different now, isn't it?
Never mind.
Never mind.
9tallpaul
The Heathman Hotel in Portland, Oregon employs it own part-time librarian, it has a large collection of signed works from people who have stayed there.
