ULYSSES

Ulysses, the Latin name of Odysseus,

is the protagonist of a Greek epic poem of

travel and adventure, the name of an early

Indian railway, a Baltimorean ocean liner,

and James Joyce’s modernist novel, which

popularized stream-of-consciousness and

active interior lives in literature.

It is also a hotel. Living inside the

characterful nine-story Latrobe Building on

East Read Street, once home to seven-time

Baltimore mayor Ferdinand Latrobe, and

many lonely bachelors after that, Ulysses

is an ever-evolving monument to Baltimore’s

iconic contradictions and unhinged visions.

The sights, smells, sounds, mosaics, and colors of India greatly informed the multi-sensory and utterly transportive world of Ulysses. So did this car.