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Back in the late 1930s, three gentlemen got a room overnight at the Hotel Sara Sota, for thirty dollars. Later, the desk clerk decided that was too much, so he gave the bellhop a five dollar bill to take and give back to them.
The bellhop figured the guys wouldn't be able to split the five dollars three ways, so he gave the guys three ones and he pocketed the other two dollars.
This means instead of the ten dollars each, the guys paid nine dollars each. Nine times three equals twenty-seven, and the two that bellhop kept makes twenty-nine.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER DOLLAR??
Life was good...

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This three-story, "L" - shaped plan, stucco and cast stone Mediterranean Revival building was designed by Dwight James Baum as the Broadway or El Vernona Apartments. Today it is commonly known as the Belle Haven. The reinforced concrete and hollow-tile construction complex was built by Ricketts and Haworth, owned by the Burns Realty Company and opened for occupancy in March of 1926. The construction permit was issued for the complex by the end of October 1925 and construction materials were received by the contracting firm by December of the same year. By March 1926 the 55room complex of twenty furnished apartments was ready for occupancy and the total cost of the complex was $250,000.