Ely International Hotel (26 August 2025)

Ely International Hotel (26 August 2025) @ 6:54 p.m. Formerly the Community Center / Library, now under renovation as 22-unit hotel.

Ely International Hotel (26 August 2025) @ 6:54 p.m. Formerly the Community Center / Library, now under renovation as 22-unit hotel.

I was expecting the developer to replace the old glass block windows with modern window panes, but no: new glass blocks have appeared in the window frames. This makes me happy; I like glass block windows.

Weather

Good evening from Ely, Minnesota
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
6:54 pm
66°F / 19°C
Precipitation: 0%
Humidity: 55%
Wind: 6 mph / 10 kph
Skies mostly clear

In the News

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  Self portrait (27 August 2025) @ 1:19 p.m.

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  St. Anthony's Catholic Church (26 August 2025) @ 6:48 a.m.

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  Self portrait (25 August 2025) @ 7:11 p.m. Central Avenue North at Chapman Street.

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  Piragis Northwoods Company (25 August 2025) @ 9:32 a.m.

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  Angus (26 August 2024) @ 8:26 a.m.

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  Angus (26 August 2010) @ 10:09 a.m. He is six to eight weeks old.

The Opposite Season

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  Joe's Marine (26 February 2026) @ 7:10 p.m. Alley between Sheridan and Chapman Streets near First Avenue West, view to the east.

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  Friends at the Boathouse (26 February 2025) @ 9:33 p.m. Front, left to right: Mary, Julie, Steve. Back: myself.

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  Dawn (26 February 2023) @ 6:17 a.m.

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  Self portrait (26 February 2023) @ 10:08 a.m.

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  Self portrait (26 February 2022) @ 7:03 a.m.

Fiction cross-reference

• Angus (26 August 2010)
• Angus (26 August 2024)
• Dawn (26 February 2023)
• Friends at the Boathouse (26 February 2025)
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Joe's Marine (26 February 2026)
• Piragis Northwoods Company (25 August 2025)
• St. Anthony's Catholic Church (26 August 2025)
• Self portrait (25 August 2025)
• Self portrait (26 February 2022)
• Self portrait (26 February 2023)

Categories

• Category:Films

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Ely, Minnesota (nonfiction)
• Essays by Karl Jones (nonfiction)
• Photographs by Karl Jones (nonfiction)

Categories

• Category:August 26 (nonfiction)
• Category:2025 (nonfiction)
• Category:Ely, Minnesota (nonfiction)
• Category:Photographs by Karl Jones (nonfiction)
• Category:Ely International Hotel (nonfiction)

External links

Social media

• [ Post] @ Twitter (26 August 2025)