Talk:Madonna Inn

Photo

I think words can aonly go so far.. this page begs for a phto.. Does anyone have a picture of the rock waterfall.. the caveman room could be a good one too.. vitaleyes —Preceding unsigned comment added by June 5, 2004 Vitaleyes (talk • contribs) 12:48,

i agree, this article needs a picture. Jm51 21:01, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Environmentalists

This is a very strange comment with no explanation or context: "In the 1970s, the Inn came to represent all the most grotesque aspects of development for the environmentalists. [citation needed]". Who wrote this? If anything, environmentalists worth their salt would be happy this development was made on a pile of rocks (go look for yourself, the side of San Luis Mountain where this is built is very very rocky) and not on the area's prized farmland as most of today's development throughout California is.

I think the writer might be confusing the building of the Inn with the fire road that Mr. Madonna cut into San Luis Mountain, which he'd recently purchased, around 1976. Oh my, that caused an uproar! The resulting scarred mountain was a sad sight for years following. Mr. Madonna, who owned a road construction company (this is key to the aesthetic of the Madonna Inn, and the article doesn't even mention this! Instead the article relies on Eco, who has an interesting and humorous interpretaton but, in my humble opinion, the eminent Eco lacks true insight here) cut the road without regard for, or perhaps even against, the City's wishes. While at the time this was an appalling and arrogant move resulting in an eyesore, to Mr. Madonna's credit, he allowed people to use the fire road and thus created access to a place where previously only adventurous kids had dared to go. Within a decade the road was barely visible on the mountain. The community continues to use the dirt road to hike the mountain, mountain bike, and enjoy the awesome views.

Regarding the article, it's very flimsy, and kinda misses the point of the Inn. I like the reference to Eco, but I think it's inappropriately used. --KristinC 08:31, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

• About the quotation from Eco, does anyone have the English translation at hand? In the Finnish translation, Eco refers to Marcello Piacentini, an Italian architect of the fascist period, instead of Speer. Maybe he has changed it to better known architect in the English translation, or has someone mixed up the quotation? Lokakyy

Mountain

• I've heard the name of the mountain indicated in the "talk page" as "San Luis Mountain" given as "Madonna Mountain". If this is so, could somebody with definitive local knowledge work both names into the article. I've also heard that Mr. Madonna had some sort of storage area on the mountain which contained strange artifacts. Again, could someone with local knowledge clarify/verify this?--TGC55 01:41, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

• I've heard both of those names used along with Cerro San Luis (which is what the Wikipedia article uses as its name). I do not know about the strange artifacts. -- Basar (talk · contribs) 02:01, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Tone?

Doesn't anyone else feel like this article is written like an advertisement? It says that it started out as a "simple" motel, "...though some tourists stop just to peek at the famous rock waterfall urinal located in the men's washroom.", and "Aiming to cater to a range of tastes, rooms were given unusual names such as...". These strike me as far too folksy and casually written. I love this place to death, but the article's tone does not seem to befit its place on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.106.10 (talk) 08:38, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Motel/Hotel

Even though the Inn bills itself as a "resort hotel" in promotional materials, it fits the definition of "motel" better. This article has referred to it as a "motel" in the past. Let's reach a consensus before changing to "hotel" or "resort hotel" in the article.WikkanWitch (talk) 13:54, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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