Mission accomplished, Friends of the Davenport Hotel disband
By John Webster
The Spokesman-Review
By John Webster
The Spokesman-Review
By Dorothy Rochon Powers
For the Spokesman-Review
(This article was written in July 2002.)
Nobody can take away a dream and nobody did.
Rather, for 17 years, lots of us nurtured and guarded a mutual dream and fed it with hope.
The object of that dream – a gloriously refurbished Davenport Hotel – now turns the tables on us and bequeaths us the gift of a civic lifetime.
It is this: Spirit.
By Dorothy Rochon Powers
For the Spokesman-Review
(This article first appeared on June 27, 1985.)
This column is not for the “greats.”
It’s not for the presidents, statesmen, entertainers and heads of foreign governments who have stayed at the world-famous Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane.
Rather, it’s for those of us here in Spokane who have lived with the grande dame of our hotels all these years and who will feel nostalgic sadness when her heart stops this weekend.
By John Webster
The Spokesman-Review