"And Unterweger, a writer and prostitute-killer released by Austrian authorities for good behavior and then sent to America on a high-profile journalistic junket, also used the hotel as a base to pick up at least three prostitutes who were later found murdered. The two may have been feeling the vibes from Pauline Otten, who jumped out a window in 1962 and killed a pedestrian, as well as herself, in her fall; or from the still unsolved murder of Goldie Osgood, the "pigeon lady" of Pershing Square, who was found strangled in her Cecil room in 1964. But you have to give the new management some respect: At least they haven't named a drink after Ramirez or done up Unterweger's room in period decor."
nurhaci 发表评论于 2013-02-20 17:17:29
"Cecil Hotel, Los Angeles: Take a deteriorating building, a skid row neighborhood, proximity to a clinic for sex offenders, and serial killers as long-term guests, and you come close to describing the magic of the Cecil Hotel in the 1980s. The hotel is now a boutique establishment that plays on its access to the nearby Staples Center, but in its glory years it hosted a ghoulish assortment of losers and killers, including "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez and Austrian journalist-cum-murderer Jack Unterweger. Ramirez, who was found guilty of 14 murders in the 1980s, stayed on the 14th floor for several months in 1985, paying (creepy coincidence alert) $14 a night. And Unterweger, a writer and prostitute-killer released by Austrian authorities for good behavior and then sent to America on a high-profile journalistic junket, also used the hotel as a base to pick up at least three prostitutes who were later found murdered. The two may have been feeling the vibes from Pauline Otten, who jumped out a window in 1962 and killed a pedestrian, as well as herself, in her fall; or from the still unsolved murder of Goldie Osgood, the "pigeon lady" of Pershing Square, who was found strangled in her Cecil room in 1964. But you have to give the new management some respect: At least they haven't named a drink after Ramirez or done up Unterweger's room in period decor."
(怎么回事，没写完就贴上了？）这么差的区居然敢一个人住旅馆，这孩子太大意了！实际上那个区我十多年前一个人步行过，现在想起来真是后怕。那天我是去面试工作，仅几条街之隔。当时阮囊羞涩，没钱打的，看地图就隔着几条街，想走过去就行了。我记得街上到处飘着废纸，有尿臭味，周围的人穿着邋遢。我穿了一套职业装，不过也没有害怕，无知无畏嘛。直到一辆巡警车停到我身旁，警察问我：“What are you doing here?”不等我回答，又说:“Get out of here!” 这位警察很好，慢慢地开着跟在我后面，直到我走出那个区。后来我跟很多朋友说起这事，都说我那天狗屎运。
