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91 Traveller's Inn

May be part of Magic of the City (10), Activity Nodes (30), Promenade (31), Night Life (33), Work Community (41).

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.

May contain Common Areas at the Heart (129), Dancing in the Street (63), Beer Hall (90), Communal Eating (147), Sleeping in Public (94).