Dont stay at the Ascot in AC

canis582 · #1 04-12-2005, 04:55 PM

Is something I should have told everyone a long time ago when I stayed there. Good location though.

Pocket Trips · #2 04-12-2005, 05:35 PM

I stayed there recently and when i went to open the roll of toilet paper a broken crack pipe fell out of the tube... great place!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

jdaddy · #3 04-12-2005, 11:21 PM

Check in, walked into room, turned around and walked out. Oh ya, no refunds, so forget about asking. BTW I think the crack pipe is a standard feature, kind of like the sewing kit.

TomBrooks · #4 04-14-2005, 07:58 AM

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when I went to open the roll of toilet paper a broken crack pipe fell out of the tube!! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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They probably could have fixed it or given you a replacement if you asked them.

canis582 · #5 04-14-2005, 08:19 AM

you all know the hallway/balcony collapsed there right?

TomBrooks · #6 04-14-2005, 09:22 AM

I didn't know. I've never even seen the place. I hope no one was hurt.

canis582 · #7 04-14-2005, 09:52 AM

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/new...s/11367082.htm

Pocket Trips · #8 04-14-2005, 09:58 AM

registration required...can you post the article?

btw yes i did notice that one of the stairwells was all boarded up during my luxorious stay there

MaxPower · #9 04-14-2005, 10:05 AM

Is that that place next to the Trop that has the cool 50s look to it?

mdelcorso · #10 04-14-2005, 10:11 AM

Posted on Mon, Apr. 11, 2005

Balcony at Atlantic City motel collapses

By Jacqueline L. Urgo

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A portion of a second-story balcony collapsed at the Ascot Motel early this morning, leaving more than two dozen guests stranded.

No injuries were reported among guests in the 1950s era motel's 53 occupied rooms on the first and second floors. Firefighters using ladders helped guests on the second story reach the ground when they were evacuated after the 6 a.m. collapse.

"It was scary, you looked down and there was nowhere to go," said Eliza Bowen, 47, who was staying in one of the second-story rooms several doors from where the collapse occurred. "We heard a big boom and we ran to see what it was."

Atlantic City does not make routine inspections of buildings such as the Ascot, located at Pacific and Iowa Avenues, said Stephen Frame, a construction code official for the city.

Frame said once buildings receive a certificate of occupancy after being built or renovated, structural inspections are not conducted.

Officials have closed the motel pending repairs, Frame said.