Former New York city hotels now house, shelter homeless.(Innovations)(Prince George Hotel)

Economic Opportunity Report,  September, 2004  

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In the heart of a lower Manhattan neighborhood sits a large, looming edifice that once housed the country's moneyed and now serves the city's down and out.

More than 1,000 homeless men and women call the Prince George Hotel home now, thanks to the lobbying and fundraising efforts of an organization called the Common Ground Community. While the Prince George is the proverbial jewel in Common Ground's crown, the organization also has converted one other hotel into a shelter.

In a city where most lodging houses have succumbed to the pressure of gentrification, Common Ground has ...

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