the window on the left looks like a key hole. Great shot!

Looks great to me!

simply fantastic gallery!!!

hmmmm new roof?

this place really isnt in bad shape, im shocked!

Soap? you mean youre supposed to use soap? Wheres that soap dispenser?

I absolutely love this, i want to live in that building! (free to come and go of course)

ok motts, come clean lol.... was that you lighting the shot? or did you capture something on your camera? - I just gotta know!!! :)

Hmm Strange.... a door in front of a door? (thats what it looks like to me) lol

You take the very best staircase shots!

Very cool lock shot, i love it!

I love thoe colors!

OMG!

maybe they were enlarging the cells?

would seriously like that tub. i love the decay!!!! made for a great shot!!!

amazing shadows! I love the wide open window !

i too want to know if it was occupied. And, the fact that it is rusted doesnt sit well with me either.... i mean if something bad was in there..... and it rusts, and falls apart..... kind of scary!

Part of the hotels problem was that there is / was absolutely NO parking anywhere for the hotel to continue being a hotel. So, the other hotels around the area received more customers, Although the Sterling was once a Grandiose and had a lot of night life, it died off in the 70's when so many other night clubs popped up (with parking). The pic above is a side entrance.

I live not far from the sterling hotel, I dont remember them saying they were knocking the main building down, I believe they are going to re do the inside and open shops on the ground floor. There used to be a restaurant, a Barber shop and a beauty salon, and if i remember correctly, a mens hat store too. It had turned into an apartment building and the sterling management didnt pay their electric bill (or something like that) and all the occupants (mostly elderly) were removed with no notice from that building, it was very sad . they werent even allowed to take their posessions, the city came in and said - Leave! and that was it. they never went back. Anyway, when the city went back in a year or so later, they saw that someone stole the gigantic chandelere from the main lobby, and a lot of the marble from the walls were missing. (sounds like an inside job to me) But, according to the last thing I heard about it, they are building a parking lot behind it and going to reopen the Hotel.

This has got to be one of my top 10 favorite galleries!!!

fantastic gallery! thanks very much for sharing it!

looks like a very large place

id love to have a tub like that

wow, look at that floor.... its still shines. this place is in pretty good shape.

dayhm! that is clean!