Where to Stay in Washington
Where to Stay in Washington Near Rock Creek Park Two of Washington's landmark hotels stand stolidly within a block of each other along the middle reaches of Connecticut Avenue. In midsummer...
...N.W., (202) 328-2000, (800) 325-3535...
...The Wardrrian Tower-62 years old, the former home of Supreme Court justices and vice presidents, with traditional decor and genuine antiques sprinkled among its 300 rooms and suites-is our recommendation, for now at least, while the rates are in the same range as the Park Tower's...
...Tne hotel has 20 meeting rooms and a ballroom, and you can choose between two restaurants: the expensive Bombay Bicycle Club, which works hard at recalling the days of empire (dinner only), or Cafe Expresso, more moderately priced and open for all three meals...
...children under 14 free...
...To patrons of the old-Sheraton Park (or, in its even older incarnation, the Ward man Park), the new Park Tower will be startling...
...one-bedroom suites, $140-$235...
...Weekend package plans are available...
...Discounts and package rates available...
...Both are close to the zoo, which they sometimes resemble: they are big hotels, swarming with people...
...33 rooms for meetings, conferences, exhibits, and social events...
...Then in 1981 the Ward man Tower will become the VI P section of the hotel (with things like mints on the pillowcase, an electric shoesliiner, a free morning paper, and the services of a concierge) and room rates will rise accordingly...
...Their size can actually be an advantage...
...children under 18 free...
...arid an exercise room and sauna...
...Sheraton, meet Hyatt...
...First there's the atrium lobby, designed by the architects of the National Air and Space Museum, punctuated by plants, chrome pillars, and green marble, and surrounded by shops, restaurants, and lounges...
...Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street, N. W., (202) 234-0700, (800) 228-2121...
...they can absorb a convention without swamping the other guests...
...For the rest of this year, rates for both the Ward man and Park Towers are: Singles, $48- $80 (depending on the size of the room and state of refurbishment...
...The 750 rooms are large, and some suites have kitchens and balconies big enough to lounge on and enjoy a view of the joggers punishing themselves in Rock Creek Park...
...Discounts for government employees, senior citizens, students, teachers, and groups...
...Just across the street from...
...doubles, $78-$102...
...Restaurants range from the high-priced Americus ($19.50 for buffalo loin) to the Courtyard Cafe on the atrium, the 20th Century (gourmet cafeteria-style), and L'Express for a quick stand-up breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, or evening drin...
...one-bedroom suites, $125-$175...
...two-bedroom suites, $220-$315...
...into the small hours...
...four restaurants...
...In midsummer they're not exactly corivenient to downtown-on a typically hot, muggy day the 15-minute walk down Connecticut Avenue will leave you drenched through-but you can always find a cab or a bus...
...Sheraton Washington, 2660 Woodley Rd...
...Political satirist Mark Russell won local fame at the hotel years ago and continues to appear regularly in the Marquee Lounge, managing to be funny about today's politics, which takes some doing...
...You'll need a map and fortitude to find your way around "the largest self-contained luxury hotel/ conference/ exhibition complex in the eastern United States...
...the Sheraton, the Shoreham approaches its 50th year in a spirit of comparative restraint, resisting the urge to become glassified and marbled...
...Then there are the pools, both for sunning and swimmirig and for having a light lunch on the terrace...
...Glass elevators climb the outside of the building, mirrored ones ascend inside...
...The Sheraton selfcontains 1,505 guest rooms and suites...
...Singles, $66-$90...
...Carol Trueblood...
...doubles, $63-$95...
...Escaping to your room, you can relax with a closed-circuit movie on your TV or puzzle over the choice of soaps (Neutrogena, deodorant, French-perfumed) waiting in the shower...
...Other diversions include three lighted tennis courts, a sauna, and an outdoor pool...
...two lounges...
...Everything is located in the historic Wardman Tower and the newly christened Park Tower, the latter an amalgam of new construction and refurbishment...
...two outdoor swimming pools...
...Directly connected to the main hotel and right by the parking lot ($4 overnight) is the motor inn, a recent addition with contemporary- style rooms at $75-$80 for singles and $87- $92 for doubles...
...Additional persons in room, $15 each...
...Additional persons in room, $10 each...
...The Early Light offers disco music from 8 p.m...
...two-bedroQm, $161- $259...
...Overnight parking, $4.00...
...Where to Stay in Washington Near Rock Creek Park Two of Washington's landmark hotels stand stolidly within a block of each other along the middle reaches of Connecticut Avenue...
Vol. 12 • July 1980 • No. 5
