Our New Weekend Hideaway –

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Check out Boston’s latest in five-star swankery, the Ames Hotel, located at 1 Court Street in the city’s Financial District. We’re some architecture and design  junkies over here at The Blogs and felt compelled to share our daily fix with you all tonight…

… slow news day.

Source: Boston.com
Text: Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff
Photos: David L. Ryan, Globe Staff

The Ames hotel, developed in a 19th-century building considered to be Boston’s first skyscraper, will open [November] 19.

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After an influx of upscale properties in the city, the Ames is the last new hotel scheduled to open in the foreseeable future.

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Built by the Ames family as the headquarters for its tool company, the 14-story, 113-room boutique hotel at 1 Court St. will retain several original features, including marble tile floors in its restaurant and a mosaic barrel-vaulted ceiling in the entryway, shown here.

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Rooms at the Ames, Boston’s first Morgans Hotel Group property, are equipped with gas fireplaces and marble showers and start at about $350 a night.

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A look at the front-desk area of the hotel. The hotel is being billed as having a “Ben Franklin meets supermodel” vibe.

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Steps appear behind hidden behind transparent shelves. The hotel also will include unusual touches such as chandeliers that appear to float behind hallway mirrors.

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One of the hotel bars.

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A guest bathroom in the Ames.

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This original, winding stairway was kept in place by the hotel.

Check out more of Ames Hotel here.

Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago at 7:18 pm.

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Stating the Obvious

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The King and Queen of the Karmaloop Kingdom have been named as two of the 25 Most Stylish Bostonians of 2009 according to the Boston Globe. This mind-blowing and ground-breaking news was met with a collective “duh” here at the office as Greg and Dina make us all look like we just crawled out of the gutter on a daily basis (actually true for some of us degenrates). Nevertheless, we’re glad that due credit has finally been bestowed on the so fresh and so clean Selkoe clan, and here’s to hoping for some hand-me-downs…

Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago at 1:07 pm.

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