{"id":656,"date":"2007-08-03T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2007-08-03T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2007-08-03T15:42:24","slug":"convention-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"Convention Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Renaissance Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807b.jpg\" title=\"Renaissance Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807bs.jpg\" title=\"030807bs.jpg\" alt=\"030807bs.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The venue for this years convention in Detroit was GM&#8217;s Renaissance Center.  This is quite an impressive building with reasonable room rates.  We managed to get a room on the top floor of the center tower, 70 stories up.  We were right under the white stripe on the near the top.  The top three floors are GM offices.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say the view was spectacular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807.jpg\" title=\"030807s.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807s.jpg\" title=\"030807s.jpg\" alt=\"030807s.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/>\\<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our room faced the river and looked back into Windsor.  Vita would not come within two feet of the windows, which span from the floor to the ceiling.  Its a bit disturbing to look straight down!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807c.jpg\" title=\"030807cs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807cs.jpg\" title=\"030807cs.jpg\" alt=\"030807cs.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a pretty good spot for taking pictures, except the windows were dirty.  Too bad I couldn&#8217;t open one, I&#8217;d crawl right out there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807d.jpg\" title=\"030807ds.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807ds.jpg\" title=\"030807ds.jpg\" alt=\"030807ds.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the 300mm lens I was able to get shots of the railway across the river in Windsor.  Our room looked directly down this line.  Not sure what line it is though.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807e.jpg\" title=\"030807es.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807es.jpg\" title=\"030807es.jpg\" alt=\"030807es.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a west facing room, we were treated to some spectacular sunsets.  The smog really helps generate some impressive skies!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807f.jpg\" title=\"030807fs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807fs.jpg\" title=\"030807fs.jpg\" alt=\"030807fs.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was taken a few minutes before a thunderstorm rolled through.  That was quite a spectacle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807h.jpg\" title=\"030807hs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807hs.jpg\" title=\"030807hs.jpg\" alt=\"030807hs.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807g.jpg\" title=\"030807gs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/030807gs.jpg\" title=\"030807gs.jpg\" alt=\"030807gs.jpg\" border=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hotel was full of cars and what looked like interesting displays.  I never actually made it to any of them.  While the place is an impressive structure, it is without question the most confusing place I have ever been in.  Ask anyone who was there, it must have been designed by some sadistic mouse in a maze dropout.  Several times I simply gave up from exhaustion trying to find  a restaurant or lounge or anything for that matter.  Every time I went up to the room it was a different route, and not intentionally!<\/p>\n<p>-Tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renaissance Center The venue for this years convention in Detroit was GM&#8217;s Renaissance Center. This is quite an impressive building with reasonable room rates. We managed to get a room on the top floor of the center tower, 70 stories up. We were right under the white stripe on the near the top. 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