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Traveller’s Inn

Opening context:
Magic of the City, Activity Nodes, Promenade, Night Life, Work Community

Conflict

A man who stays the night in a strange place is still a member of the human community, and still needs company. There is no reason why he should creep into a hole, and watch TV alone, the way he does in a roadside motel.

Resolution

Make the traveller’s inn a place where travellers can take rooms for the night, but where — unlike most hotels and motels — the inn draws all its energy from the community of travellers that are there any given evening. The scale is small 30 or 40 guests to an inn; meals are offered communally; there is even a large space ringed round with beds in alcoves.

Closing context:
Common Areas at the Heart, Dancing in the Street, Beer Hall, Communal Eating, Sleeping in Public