You'd see this one up the street as you lugged your bags from the train station to the Bison Hotel. Maybe you'd wish you'd reserved a room here. Maybe it looked too expensive. On the other hand, it was fireproof! It was a good thing they invented Fireproofing, because now nothing burned down anymore. What an age of wonders.

Well, maybe you'd stay here next time. Or maybe the Gardner - you heard that one went up five floors or more. It would be nice to stay up that high. As long as the place was fireproofed.