It was 1967: the first wave of baby boomers was crashing ashore at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, and student accommodation was tight. By the time Linda Watson (Rehab카지노 게임 컬렉션70) got her acceptance from the new School of Rehabilitation Therapy that summer, there was not a room in residence anywhere on campus.
The crisis led to a memorable first year at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s for Ms. Watson.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I think at that point the Dean of Women or somebody said, 카지노 게임 컬렉션Look, we have a lot of women who need accommodation.카지노 게임 컬렉션 So, they negotiated with the [hotel],카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Watson. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We were just lucky.카지노 게임 컬렉션
For one year, the fourth floor of the LaSalle Hotel on Bagot Street (now the LaSalle Mews) became an adjunct women카지노 게임 컬렉션s residence where roommates enjoyed private washrooms with full baths, their own TVs, fresh linens and towels weekly, and a downtown lifestyle unparalleled among Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s first-year resident students.
Ms. Watson shared a standard hotel double with twin beds, bedside tables, a bureau, and an escritoire. Since the students would be hotel guests for months, they were given leeway to personalize their space. Ms. Watson recalls they were allowed to rearrange the furniture and put posters on the walls.
If a light bulb needed changing or the toilet was backing up, they just called the front desk and got prompt service. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It was terrific,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Ms. Watson recalls.
By 1967, the LaSalle was a Kingston institution. The original section of the hotel, a handsome stone structure that curved around the corner of Bagot and Princess streets, was built in 1841 카지노 게임 컬렉션 the same year Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s received its royal charter from Queen Victoria. The five-storey brick extension Ms. Watson would eventually call home was added in 1928, according to Kingston architectural historian Jennifer McKendry.
The distinctive original part of the hotel was razed in 1974, but when Ms. Watson was in residence, it was still a downtown landmark, home to both the Cat카지노 게임 컬렉션s Meow, a less-than-elegant bar that was officially off limits to the fourth-floor students, and a formal dining room that Ms. Watson remembers visiting once for Sunday roast night.
The LaSalle students could have purchased a meal plan on campus, but the dining halls were at least 20 minutes away, 카지노 게임 컬렉션and frankly we didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t like the food so much at Ban Righ,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Watson. Most opted to eat at nearby restaurants, she says. The Cozy Restaurant, just across the street, with booths big enough for five, was a popular spot, as was a Chinese restaurant around the corner on Princess.
카지노 게임 컬렉션If you just wanted a grilled cheese sandwich or something, you could get that in the [hotel] coffee shop,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Watson.
Some of the LaSalle women 카지노 게임 컬렉션felt that they were looked down on by people who were in a legitimate residence,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Watson, but she thoroughly enjoyed living more like a tourist than a student. And when the time came to find off-campus accommodation in second year, she and some friends opted for a house not far from the hotel.
That year at the LaSalle gave Ms. Watson not only unique memories, but a new best friend. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We met on that floor, and we still talk every week 카지노 게임 컬렉션 50-odd years later,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Ms. Watson.
Tell us about the 카지노게임사이트 District house you lived in and the memories you made.
