On December 28, 1997, I received this wonderfully informative e-mail from Boyd McConnell, the webmaster of Pendrell Suites. It's really quite interesting, and has a lot of info about Pendrell and his Vancouver connections, so I'd thought I'd share it with you. Enjoy!
Dear Katie Dot,
Thanks for listing Pendrell Suites on your site. However, if I could point a few things:
You say that "Pendrell Suites - [is] A set of suites with the same name as our hero in Vancouver." Well, you are correct about the set of suites. But, it is also Scully's apartment on "X-Files" as well as being a the location for many other Hollywood productions as well as "home" for actors and actresses such as Alyssa Milano and Daryl Hannah. (Rob Lowe and Jennifer Grey were here last August filming "Outrage," a movie-of-the-week.
Also, for your information and that of other Pendrell fans. "Pendrell" is the name of the street on which Pendrell Suites is located. (I believe the name came from an English Explorer who travelled to the Vancouver area a few hundred years ago.) The next street to the North of Pendrell, and parallel to it is "Comox." (So you might understand where Chris Carter and his screen writers got there characters' names.)
Finally, there is an company starting "X-Tours" in March of this year. These tours will feature staying at Pendrell Suites and touring the various other "X-Files" and Hollywood sites in Vancouver. And, if they are lucky, even seeing a production that's underway at Pendrell Suites or in Vancouver. Ther URL for the X-Tour is will be http://x-tour.com. (There is nothing there yet but they will be posting sometime in January.)
I hope this helps. And if you have any other questions I might be able to answer, just email me.
Cheers!
Boyd
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PENDRELL SUITES Tel. (604) 685-0715
1419 Pendrell St. Fax (604) 685-8675
Vancouver, B.C. WWW: http://pendrellsuites.com
Canada V6G 1S3 E-Mail: rosemary@pendrellsuites.com
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