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PORTLAND, OR — City officials are floating a bold new proposal to convert Portland’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement building into an Airbnb, touting it as a potential goldmine of “luxury detention suites” and ironic tourist appeal.
Under the plan, the original barbed wire would remain intact to “preserve character,” while holding cells would be marketed as “cozy minimalist suites.” Developers believe the property could quickly attract lifestyle influencers eager to pose in front of graffiti-covered concrete walls, sip craft lattes in the interrogation rooms, and snap photos under fluorescent lights described in the draft listing as “brutalist chic.”
“It’s giving vintage dystopia with a touch of
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