Museum or hotel? Why not both
The art in The Edwin Hotel is mesmerizing – from the moment you step foot inside. Alongside the front desk, an eye-catching art installation covers the wall, a serpentine band of fiberglass butterflies, fading from pink to purple to blue to green. Each butterfly is printed with an old photograph of Chattanooga, and collectively, their shape forms that of the Tennessee River.
“Butterflies represent revitalization. They represent Chattanooga,” the hotel’s general manager told me during my visit. “We’ve come a long way since the days of Walter Cronkite calling us ‘the dirtiest city in America.'”
Since its 2018 opening, The Edwin has been joined by a growing number of local hotels pulling double duty as art gallery spaces. Read about them in our first story below.
– Sunny Montgomery, editor