Graduate Hotel now is it? Got rid of its historic name and knick-knacked downstairs?
I'm sure the 77 longtime hard working residents evicted by AJ Capital are just thrilled there's now a bar on top of where they once called home.
I'm never going near this Monument to Displacement and will tell everyone around to do the same.

Graduate Hotel now is it? Got rid of its historic name and knick-knacked downstairs?
I'm sure the 77 longtime hard working residents evicted by AJ Capital are just thrilled there's now a bar on top of where they once called home.
I'm never going near this Monument to Displacement and will tell everyone around to do the same.

The big money boys want to make friends, after the take-over of the beloved President Hotel.

And now WE"RE supposed to PAY for more housing downtown after our "leaders" allowed 85 President Hotel residents to be evicted. Gotta keep the developers happy; too bad about the taxpayers and residents.

PS: What an unimaginative name but what can you expect from a company the specializes in putting high-end properties in college towns. FEH.

I am personally very happy that the President Hotel is going to be open and used as a hotel. Converting it to an apartment complex was a bad idea. When you convert a hotel to apartments then you have to add a kitchen in each room. All of the ducting required for a kitchen plus additional fire protection is something that has to be done in the initial building phase - not added 50 years later. It was a fire trap in the apartment stage. As a hotel you can eliminate the high risk elements like a kitchen. And the addition of the top level bar is very enticing. I am looking forward to the new hotel venue.

What we need now is the addition of a high level book store in the location of the old Border Books. That was the whole reason a lot of people went down town.

Bottom line is that when you build housing for elders you need to know that when you start the project to make sure all elements are up to spec. You have to do it right and make sure that you have controlled the high risk elements.

Palo Alto doesn't need to preserve or provide housing for its teachers, nurses, service workers, or “high level bookstore" employees. They can live elsewhere. A rooftop bar in a tacky themed boutique hotel is a much better use of that space. It'll be a good place to distract yourselves from the crisis in housing that is developing as you slurp from that cocktail designed by a mixologist. From LA! Yay! It is a stain on the city council that they failed to protect their own community from predatory speculators like AJ Capital.

When a person drives in on University one of the first things they see in the city is the hotel. When it was boarded up it looked like a derelict place. It made the whole downtown look like the city was down and out - not a good place to be. With the hotel fixed up and busy with people then the city will look like a prosperous and good place to visit. We need the city to look good overall and be inviting. Maybe people can get out of the "Crisis" mode of thinking - it is not producing the best results.