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Superstition Fades Yet Hotels and Streets Skip Number 13
Despite belief that Friday the 13th is no longer unlucky, hotels such as Hotel Russell Lamson and the Ellis omit room 13 while others refrain from using 13 in apartment blocks and phone numbers. Local streets also avoid 13, with few addresses or phone listings containing the digit.
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Russell-Lamson
Ellis Hotel
Frying Hotel
Walnut Court
Hillcrest
Brockwell Anns
Pele
Waterloo
Althe
Caskation Avenue
Franklin
von Lamyette