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ATL Field Trip: Room 871 of the Mayflower Hotel

we unbiased came back from meeting a cohort for drinks at the mayflower hotel, here in washington, dc. we expressed a desire to see the door of the rotten room where new york governor eliot spitzer got it on with that high-class hooker, “kristen.” but we’d heard, on the radio, that the hotel had stationed a guard on the eighth crush, to obviate gawkers from walking past the disgraceful lodge 871 (just as gawkers have besieged the minneapolis airport bathroom made famous by senator larry craig).

As it turned out, we were in luck. Our friend was staying at the Mayflower — on the eighth floor, conveniently enough. So we were able to make our way up there without any problem.

When we got up there, we didn’t see a guard; perhaps the guard was removed after the initial frenzy died down. But we did notice the hotel had removed the “871″ nameplate, presumably to prevent scandal-tourists like ourselves from taking photographs of it.

So all we can give you are photos of (1) the door to room no. 871, and (2) the marks where the nameplate used to be. Check them out, after the jump.

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