Transformed. so, john e. carson was a 64-unit extended-stay residence hotel. each of the units was like 10 x10 . it had a sink and a closet in it and a shared toilet. the old john e. carson hotel may look the same as it has for decades on the outside, but it is now the home of new stores like the doughnut store. this very cool, kitsch, retro kind of design doughnut shop that has the best doughnuts in town. if there s something standing and in good shape, like the john e. carson was, we re really not going to tear it apart and reassemble it, so you get this sort of collision of the old and new. it s so exciting, what they re doing. there s an old medical office converted into the beat, which is a coffee shop really cute. but all those examining rooms made into individual art galleries. and they have life is beautiful, which is a special event. you know, you talk about the burning man? well, they used a similar concept, but they make it into an urban experience, and they