A Victorian masterpiece restored...Sir John Betjeman called this
Gothic treasure "too beautiful and too romantic to survive" in a world
of tower blocks and concrete. Its survival against the odds will
cause wonder; the building itself will take your breath away. After
years of devoted restoration, the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel
is being hailed as London's most romantic building. Its glorious
Gothic Revival metalwork, gold leaf ceilings, hand-stencilled wall
designs and the grand staircase are as dazzling as the day Queen
Victoria opened the hotel in 1873.

Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott to receive travellers through St
Pancras Station, the former Midland Grand Hotel offered its guests a
world of grandeur, luxury and fantasy behind its fairytale red facade.
Innovations such as ascending rooms (elevators) and revolving doors
heightened the sense of awe. In 2011, those doors will be spinning
again, sweeping guests into a world where modern luxuries mingle with
the extravagance of rail's golden age.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/trave...-london-hotel/


(Rooms from £225 per night.)

On Dec 31, 9:34*am, Bruce wrote:
A Victorian masterpiece restored...Sir John Betjeman called this
Gothic treasure "too beautiful and too romantic to survive" in a world
of tower blocks and concrete. *Its survival against the odds will
cause wonder; the building itself will take your breath away. *After
years of devoted restoration, the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel
is being hailed as London's most romantic building. Its glorious
Gothic Revival metalwork, gold leaf ceilings, hand-stencilled wall
designs and the grand staircase are as dazzling as the day Queen
Victoria opened the hotel in 1873.

Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott to receive travellers through St
Pancras Station, the former Midland Grand Hotel offered its guests a
world of grandeur, luxury and fantasy behind its fairytale red facade.
Innovations such as ascending rooms (elevators) and revolving doors
heightened the sense of awe. *In 2011, those doors will be spinning
again, sweeping guests into a world where modern luxuries mingle with
the extravagance of rail's golden age.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/trave...renaissance-lo...

(Rooms from £225 per night.)

For such an expensive project now nearing completion Id have thought
that the web site might have been a bit more informative about the
restoration. Also no where does it mention conducted tours of the
building.

"CJB" wrote in message

On Dec 31, 9:34 am, Bruce wrote:
A Victorian masterpiece restored...Sir John Betjeman called this
Gothic treasure "too beautiful and too romantic to survive" in a
world of tower blocks and concrete. Its survival against the odds
will cause wonder; the building itself will take your breath away.
After years of devoted restoration, the St Pancras Renaissance
London Hotel is being hailed as London's most romantic building. Its
glorious Gothic Revival metalwork, gold leaf ceilings,
hand-stencilled wall designs and the grand staircase are as dazzling
as the day Queen Victoria opened the hotel in 1873.

Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott to receive travellers through St
Pancras Station, the former Midland Grand Hotel offered its guests a
world of grandeur, luxury and fantasy behind its fairytale red
facade. Innovations such as ascending rooms (elevators) and
revolving doors heightened the sense of awe. In 2011, those doors
will be spinning again, sweeping guests into a world where modern
luxuries mingle with the extravagance of rail's golden age.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/trave...renaissance-lo...

(Rooms from £225 per night.)

For such an expensive project now nearing completion Id have thought
that the web site might have been a bit more informative about the
restoration. Also no where does it mention conducted tours of the
building.

Of course, most of the old building now consists of private loft
apartments, not public spaces or hotel rooms (which are in the adjacent
new block). See
http://www.building.co.uk/news/video...157876.article

In message , at 12:11:47 on
Fri, 31 Dec 2010, Recliner remarked:
Of course, most of the old building now consists of private loft
apartments, not public spaces or hotel rooms (which are in the adjacent
new block). See
http://www.building.co.uk/news/video...157876.article

Sub-edited by a grocer, it appears.

(I'll eat, shoot and leave).
--
Roland Perry

In message , Roland Perry
writes
Sub-edited by a grocer, it appears.

(I'll eat, shoot and leave).

If you mean the apostrophe in "Manhattan Loft's St Pancras apartments"
then I think that "Manhattan Loft" is a corporation which owns these
apartments, so it seems to me that the apostrophe is justified. Or was
there one somewhere less appropriate?


--
Clive Page

In message , at 17:23:41 on Fri, 31 Dec
2010, Clive Page remarked:
Sub-edited by a grocer, it appears.

(I'll eat, shoot and leave).

If you mean the apostrophe in "Manhattan Loft's St Pancras apartments"

I do.

then I think that "Manhattan Loft" is a corporation which owns these
apartments, so it seems to me that the apostrophe is justified.

That puts a slightly different slant on the situation (it being a
company name rather than a generic description).

I'll refer to them as Manhattan Loft's St Pancras's apartments from now
on
--
Roland Perry