Hipshit Hotel

While joking around about gas money one afternoon, we decided to take an impromptu trip to a few of my old favorites. This hotel, closed in 2005, contains 150 rooms full of the trippiest wallpaper and ugliest shag carpets imaginable. Clahhhkie and I had both been in the past, but Cambria, ClimbingDoug, and ErinGH had never seen the beauty that is the Hipshit Hotel. The name comes from the end of this visit, when a cargo van literally packed full of hipshits pulled in behind the hotel and began unloading both still and video camera equipment. I believe there were 12 in total. I yelled for at them from a fourth floor window to move their van before they got all of us caught. Most of them entered while a few others pulled away to park the van where I'd advised them to. A few minutes later, and ClimbingDoug is perched up on a ledge in the basement, waiting for the hipshits to pass underneath him. A few screams and a fall later, and we're all standing on the dining room stage posing for a group shot. Two of them were behind my camera for the shot, also taking shots and filming video of the group photo in progress. After the group photo, we took off, leaving the building to the new group. To view my first set from this location a few years ago, CLICK HERE.

Photos by: Cambria



















Photos by: Ryan Ademan