Where Dillenger was captured.
311 E Congress Street, Tucson AZ, Dec 31, 2010 — The Hotel Congress is very unique.
It’s unique in it’s following. It has received mentions or awards from such publications as: Budget Travel, Esquire, The Hotel Book, National Geographic, New York Post, New York Times, Playboy, and Time. That is an impressive amount of national attention. Not only that, but one of today’s presidential hopefuls was there within the last 30 days. A lot of people love the place.
It’s unique in it’s features. OK, I like the sound of vintage radios in the room, antique iron beds, and no TVs, but I don’t think that’s the real draw. I think the ratio of 40 rooms to 4 bars may have something to do with it. And a couple of these 4 bars are well-known on the national level. I think their well-known music venue which is the longest running of it’s kind West of the Mississippi may have something to do with it.
It’s unique in it’s location. The Hotel Congress was built in 1919 right next to the train station to serve the travelers, cattlemen, and high-rollers from the east. All this is cool but pales in comparison of being near the University of Arizona campus. In fact you can ride a trolley almost to there from the campus with no needing to drive. It is also located conveniently between the 4th Avenue area (think San Fransisco Haight/Ashbury), and the downtown (more exciting nightlife). There is no wonder this eating, drinking, sleeping, music venue is popular!
It’s unique in it’s history. Due to an on-the-ball fireman who recognized, John Dillinger and his gang during a fire, the gang was captured without a shot even though the Bureau of Investigation (the forerunner of the FBI) had been chasing them for almost a year due to their robbery of 20 banks, four police stations, and 13 estimated lawmen deaths. The hotel is on The National Historic Place registry.
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I imported and tagged the photo with Photo Mechanic. I used Adobe Lightroom for adding color profiles, basic adjustments, and creating TIFFS. I used Photomatix to tone-map the images into an HDR image. I spruced-up the image using the Topaz plug-ins: Denoise, Detail, Adjust, and Remask, then touched-up the image using Adobe Photoshop.
PENTAX 645D
SMC Pentax-A 645 45mm ƒ2.8
ISO 280, ƒ8, 1/60- 1/250