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speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: December 02, 2009 11:23AM

who remembers this one?



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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: SXMWendell (---.dsl.covlil.sbcglobal.net)
Date: December 02, 2009 12:19PM

Barflymon might know.

SXM??? Wendell

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: December 02, 2009 12:39PM

oh yes, Wendell, I know he knows LOL

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Augie (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: December 02, 2009 01:18PM

My memory gets mixed up often, so tell me if I am way off or not.
LBC was started and never finished, sat for some time. Then finished and opened, then destroyed by storm.

Augie;

I am an agnostic dyslexic who questions if there really is a dog.

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: WayneB (137.71.23.---)
Date: December 02, 2009 02:35PM

Barbara,

That is a different view of the place. Much less green than this one...

LBC



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2009 02:37PM by WayneB.

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: December 03, 2009 08:53AM

Wayne
that is a great shot.
Thanks



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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Teresa (---.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com)
Date: December 07, 2009 10:01AM

I've been reading the thread and I don't understand. Can someone help me out with the name and location of this old hotel?

Thanks so much!

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: December 07, 2009 10:16AM

It's the old La Belle Creole Hotel on the french side

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Pajo (---.home.cgocable.net)
Date: December 07, 2009 04:45PM

Thank you so much!

I can't tell you how many times we have driven by the locked gate with the small sign that says "La Belle Creole". every time I say that I want to stop and take a walk and "The boss" says no way!

Here is a video of the ruins [www.youtube.com]
And Gobeach's description: [gobeach.com]

It must have really been something!

Pajo

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: pat (---.dsl.wlfrct.sbcglobal.net)
Date: December 07, 2009 05:10PM

Barbara,

That pink tower (for want of a better name) should have been a dead give away. We can see it just as clear as a bell from our balcony at The Towers - it just sticks right out there for all the world to see, proclaiming the past glory of what was another beautiful island resort once upon a time.

Respectfully,

pat

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: December 07, 2009 05:56PM

yep, pat, that pink tower is still there

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: jimandi (---.pbtcomm.net)
Date: December 07, 2009 10:34PM

I watched the youtube video. But is this after the Hurricane? Does not at all look like when my children and I use to explore.

I will try to find time to look for old pictures I have and ask Barbara help on posting here.

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: photofun (---.hsd1.md.comcast.net)
Date: December 09, 2009 12:43PM

I know all the talk today is about the floating Disneyland...too much for me! But I watched the youtube video about the La Bella Creole Hotel and what a shame! What happened to cause it to be abandoned like that? How do people just walk away from something like that? If someone wanted to restore it, how would you go about it? Who would you contact? It seems like a great location and a little love and lots and lots of money one could make it grand again...I would think...Thanks for the like to the video Barbara.

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Re: speaking of old hotels,
Posted by: islandbound (190.102.3.---)
Date: December 10, 2009 06:38AM

jimandi Wrote:
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> I watched the youtube video. But is this after
> the Hurricane?

What an amazing video! It says it was filmed during the summer of 2008. It seems like there has been some maintenance over the years as it's hard to imagine that the varnish work in the bar would have survived.

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