More evidence of changing times:
But tea dance, like other Provincetown traditions, is now in jeopardy, threatened by that sentinel of progress: the condominium conversion. The Boatslip is for sale, listed at $14.5 million, more than double the $7.2 million price it sold for in 2001. And if it sells, many believe the 45-room hotel with 207 feet of precious waterfront property will become condos, just like other Provincetown inns have in recent years. Tourists would be replaced by owners. And tea dance — which took its name from English teatime, but serves alcoholic beverages instead — would come to an end as locals know it.
… Robert Pilon, 37, of Montreal, wondered aloud how they will talk about the Boatslip years from now, if it ends up closing down.
‘’We’ll be saying, ‘You remember the Boatslip?’ We’ll be the old generation,” said Pilon. ‘’And the new generation will say, ‘Ahh, we don’t care.’ “
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