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jeremyjava OP t1_itxnm9v wrote

Reply to comment by AhhAGoose in Trying to track down what happened to this enormous macrame wall hanging in a hotel lobby (Watergate?). My mom made it back in the 70s. Any thoughts on tracking it down appreciated. by jeremyjava

Thanks for taking the time to comment and yes, that's the assumption. Takin' a shot, though. Some of my mom's bikinis turned up in the freakin' Metropolitan Museum of Art and someone discovered them and let me know, so wacky things happen sometimes.

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AhhAGoose t1_itxoi13 wrote

Well if the company who did the reno followed the rules, their demo plan would on file with the DC Dept of buildings (office of planning of they took the whole building down). That plan should have a landfill listed as well as recycling center. If they followed the rules all the stuff they took out ended up in one of those. What year was it taken down? What hotel was it?

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jeremyjava OP t1_ity2ykr wrote

It looks like the hotel is still there, I was mistaken about DC it's actually Sheridan Reston Virginia.

Edit: waiting to hear back from pops about the year but I think it was somewhere between 70 to 73.

Update: hotel opened in 73 and this was for their opening, so it must be '73. Someone passes along some more helpful info so I'll see if that leads anywhere. Thanks reddit

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oxtailplanning t1_itz8w3d wrote

Wait what? That's a story I want to hear.

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jeremyjava OP t1_itzchde wrote

I'll talk to the producer that just flew in to town last night and see how he feels about me sharing more the details or if he feels it's better to keep some of the details as surprises for the documentary. Sorry, don't mean to be coy but I promise look into it.

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