http://www.aintitcool.com/node/54805 This could have been amazing if done right, but if it was as chintzy as the Star Trek Deep Space 9 promenade was, probably better this way.
I remember this... and I think one of the available options would have been to be able to stay overnight in it, as it would have had 'hotel' suites in it. Most likely would have also been the hotel to least likely have sex in for most people who would have stayed in in.
That could have been amazing. Just imagining how if they had run helicopter sightseeing flights out of the rear shuttle bay.