The
Freep goes down to the Ft. Shelby to check out the new digs.
Excerpt:
The grandeur that was once part of the Ft. Shelby was evident again
Thursday, even as construction crews scrambled to finish work. Lobby
marble and tile gleamed, while the restored Crystal Ballroom on the
second floor projected an air of classic dignity.
Bill Aprill, director of sales and marketing for the Doubletree, said
that the transformation from eyesore to elegance has been amazing.
"It was really bad," Aprill said of his first glimpse of the hotel a
year ago. "Everything was destroyed. When I started in January, the
Crystal Ballroom ceiling was hanging on chicken wire, just crumbling.
Now it's gorgeous," he said.
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