A charming little burg near us is going through quite a bit of redevelopment lately. Part of this development involves tearing down Vienna's only two-star hotel that in recent years has been - shall we say - narcotics adjacent.
(I posted pics of the sign on Instagram with the comment about it being a two-star hotel and a neighbor commented, "Huh. Two stars seems generous." This may give you an idea of why this particular plot is being redeveloped.)
This is the Gen X of hotels. Partly because it was built in 1971, and partly because it loves to make fun of what you spend on avocado toast. |
Her response? "Yes, please! The more stains, the more memories!" |
The demo manager would not give us permission to take the sign until his boss (who was not on site) approved it, which led to another phone call - this one to the office of the demo company. We were not able to reach the boss, so we left a message and returned home, dejected.
Early the next day, I called the demo company again, hoping the sign had not been razed - and again - my call went straight to voice mail. So, I called Lisa again and she offered to call the demo guy directly - while again giving us permission to just take it, as their company owns the building. I thanked her for graciously helping in our quest for the sign and again called my husband to come get me while I assembled a variety of tools we would possibly need for this operation.
When we got to the site, I again remained in the car on a work call while Mr. Brutalism went to assess the situation - and moments later, he returned to the car with the following:
Two signs! And only one has bird poop on it! |
Of course, we are the only family in the entire DMV metro area that does not own an SUV, so there was a moment of panic when we realized these would not fit in the car. But because he's a planner and brought twine, Mr. Brutalism had these strapped to the roof of the car in no time.
Cool, right? |
My hero. |
I texted Lisa the photo of Tim with the sign, thanking her for all of her help - and she wrote back, "Yay!!! So happy you got it!" because she is cool and a nonsense enabler.
After all of that, I never really considered what we would do with these if we were successful in our acquisition. Thoughts?