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Best Hotel For The Sequel To Barton Fink
Palm Court Inn
STAFF PICK: There are many people who come to Tucson to
escape, to get their acts together, to start new lives. They arrive
anonymously, often short on cash. For those too delicate to sleep
in the shrubs along the Rillito River, there's a happy medium
for temporary residence: In recent years, intrepid folks gravitated
toward the Palm Court Inn (now called "The Inn and
Up," and under new management). New guests were asked how
long they expected to stay. If the answer was "months,"
a prospective tenant was shown to a room with a small kitchenette
and a refrigerator. Some rooms even offered a narrow balcony view
of spare, urban, traffic-laden 22nd Street. Bed linens and towels
were dispensed in a large green duffel bag, for which a deposit
was required. There's also a deposit for the hotel key. And the
telephone. And pretty much everything, so each guest knew where
he stood with regard to management. A newcomer to the Palm Court
Inn soon discovered many of its chronic residents did little more
than collect welfare checks and watch television at a high volume.
But the price was right at the Palm Court Inn (still just $112
a week). One former resident swears detectives recently left calling
cards in hotel room doors regarding a recent murder on the second
floor; but the new management claims to know nothing about it.
It's probably better that way. In the winter months, the snowbirds
flock in and room prices go up.
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