tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post1305132613320120243..comments2023-09-05T03:42:45.586-04:00Comments on Queen City Discovery: An Update on the "Dayton Executive Hotel"Ronny Salernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-33866359339274441612019-03-25T17:32:40.876-04:002019-03-25T17:32:40.876-04:00The hotel was opened in 1962 as the Imperial House...The hotel was opened in 1962 as the Imperial House Motel with 102 rooms. Two additions later the hotel had 252 rooms, the Seven Nations Restaurant and 8 or 9 meeting rooms. It became a Radisson in 1984.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-31443340341585907072015-09-01T22:57:50.850-04:002015-09-01T22:57:50.850-04:00I stayed here when it was the Raddison Dayton Nort...I stayed here when it was the Raddison Dayton North Motel around late summer 1998. It was under renovation at the time and they were getting in all the new Heat/AC units under the windows. In the interim, all the rooms had the big gaping openings where the units fit that were just covered with plastic tarp (not very secure for the rooms to be sure). We were in the long rectangular section of the motel on the first floor and I think the main area with the lobby and courtyard were closed. You could hear the traffic all night through the opening. Someone said it was a Holiday Inn originally (reminded me of the Holiday Inns we stayed at when I was a kid; very vintage feeling) and it seems they were going to do some serious renovating but as I can see now, it was not to be. Looking at an aerial shot of the courtyard, it looked like there had been a large outdoor pool at one time as evident by a group of trees and vegetation growing in a pool shaped form in the center of the courtyard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-88077527011201654942015-03-10T15:55:11.959-04:002015-03-10T15:55:11.959-04:00Totally weird to see this place this way, as we st...Totally weird to see this place this way, as we stayed here in the 90s for a convention. It's freaky thinking I could be looking at the room we slept in! Did you ever get into the other crazy hot mess of abandoned hotel that's on the other side of I-75? We swore never to stay there, and I've laid my head down in some decrepit places. Wendynoreply@blogger.com