Building that looks like a basket to become luxury hotel

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/24/building-that-looks-like-a-bas.html

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[stephen_schenck]

Everyone knows you can’t spell “luxury” without … Newark, Ohio?

[DonatellaNobody]

Now that we’re all in this basket, I can guess where we’re going.

@stephen_schenck

Newark, Ohio?

Pretty much.

[moortaktheundea]

It’s not that much weirder than the locations of a lot of other rural luxury hotels. It’s beautiful countryside within a reasonable travel distance of a good size city.

[gracchus]

It doesn’t have the Nazi appeal of an old flak tower in Hamburg, Germany, but we’ll take what we can get if we’re in Newark, OH.

[daniel_maloy]

Next we need a Medical Mechanica building shaped like a giant iron

[theodore604]

My first thought… really Newark Ohio? who needs luxury accommodations there?

[DonatellaNobody]

@gracchus

It doesn’t have the Nazi appeal of an old flak tower in Hamburg, Germany, but

…but it’s only 70 miles from Circleville, home to:

[theodore604]

Beautiful country side? it’s the middle of Ohio. It’s cornfields. Don’t get me wrong there’s pretty parts of ohio. Central ohio? not so much.

[mr_raccoon]

Here’s what it looked like from the outside a few weeks ago

[Malarkey]

Bummer. This is the first I’d heard Longaberger went under. I have a bunch of their baskets and they’re very nice.

[clintcarlson77]

Hey Boo Boo, I bet there are so many treats in that pic-a-nic basket over there!

[moortaktheundea]

Depending on what land they buy nearby, they pick up some woods and they are ten minutes from Blackhand Gorge. There are nice hotels working with a lot less.

[Avery_Thorn]

There are some quite nice parts to Central Ohio.

Granted, this is off a fake interstate (OH-16) exit in the outer portion of a fairly non-descript, decaying Ohio town; and is not really one of them.

But Blackhand Gorge is quite nice, and isn’t too far from there. Quite a few of our Metro Parks are quite nice. And there is something charming about agricultural land; not that there is any within sight of the basket.

(And yes, if you do a Google Maps search for 1524 East Main Street, Newark OH; the “Sat” photo shows the Basket Building quite nicely. Right next to the Line-X of Newark; so you can get your luxury truck lined while you’re there, too.)

[Robbo]

Now I know where to put all my eggs.

Thank you. I’ll be here all week. Try the veal.

It’s in the basket.

[Sqyntz]

They need giant puppies and kittens on top. Just sayin

[anon47741163]

You beat me to it. Though, bears at that scale stop being funny pretty quick.

[futnuh]

Thank god Longaberger didn’t make sex toys.

[Jerry_Sneede]

I tried to lift it.

[hecep]

They could do something with the handles… a ride of some sort!