The red brick apartment building on the left was once a separate building from the red brick building on the right that was originally built to house retired nuns. The roundish looking gray building in the back center was originally a Best Western Hotel. All three of the buildings were linked together by the one story red brick structure at the back of the courtyard and for a while it was a convent and retirement home for nuns. It slowly became vacant as the nuns died off and then was gradually converted to spacious and comfortable apartments. Much of the interior of the hotel and the convent is still purposed as empty offices, vacant meeting rooms, banqueting and dining halls. I suppose somewhere in there is a large industrial sized kitchen or two.
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Blackstone1955, on April 14, 2009, said:
The red brick apartment building on the left was once a separate building from the red brick building on the right that was originally built to house retired nuns. The roundish looking gray building in the back center was originally a Best Western Hotel. All three of the buildings were linked together by the one story red brick structure at the back of the courtyard and for a while it was a convent and retirement home for nuns. It slowly became vacant as the nuns died off and then was gradually converted to spacious and comfortable apartments. Much of the interior of the hotel and the convent is still purposed as empty offices, vacant meeting rooms, banqueting and dining halls. I suppose somewhere in there is a large industrial sized kitchen or two.