Construction at Hotel Chelsea Gets Dirty: Workers Throw Punches, Tenants...
Construction works at the Hotel Chelsea have gone from defacing the historic building to getting in the face of its tenants. A resident of the big red lady got more than he bargained when he tried to...
View ArticleTemple of Ruins, Balazs Checks Out of 5 Beekman St. Development
Vacancy. (Scouting NY) Hotelier Andre Balazs has given up on his effort to restore one of the cities grandest dormant dorms. It was only last October when the magnificent Temple Court, a block from...
View ArticleBecause the Night Belongs to Chetrit: Patti Smith Still Playing Chelsea...
It won't be the same, will it? (PBS) Patti Smith has come out in defense of her imminent gig at the Chelsea Hotel, releasing a statement that includes bullet points underlining her reasons for...
View ArticleYou’re Auctioned! Trump Soho Going to the Highest Bidder
No Soho. (Hotel Chatter) Blame the bad spirits. Or maybe it was the economy. Or living next door to the Holland Tunnel. Or the fact you couldn’t actually live there because it was not a condo—that...
View ArticleAndre Balazs Says Standard East Village Will Be ‘More Quiet’
The quiet Standard (don't let the architecture fool you). Andre Balazs is not known for his quietude, having developed hotels the world over famous for their parties and celebrities—the Standard...
View ArticleAn Awesome Atrium: Ace Investor and Thompson Team Up to Transformer Temple...
Looks plain enough from the outside. (ScoutingNY But inside is a different story. (ScoutingNY) Imagine the parties, but watch the edge. (ScoutingNY) After Andre Balasz, the hotelier behind the edgy...
View ArticleMysterious Joseph Chetrit Spotted in the Wild Pushing His Hotel Chelsea...
A rendering of the renovated hotel, with new windows and a penthouse. (Real Deal) The mysterious Mr. Chetrit. (DNAinfo) As readers of The Observer know, Joseph Chetrit might be the most secretive...
View ArticleHow Much Do the Chelsea’s Residents Wish Stanley Bard Was Still Running the...
In light of Hotel Chelsea’s application for building a swanky rooftop, Curbed took us back in history to the time when board members kicked out the hotel’s manager Stanley Bard. Gothamist interviewed...
View ArticleNo Vacancies: New York Cracks Down On Illegal Hotels
This isn't a game of Monopolgy. (NYC&Co.) New Yorkers have apparently found a sure-fire way to fight back against ever-increasing rents–becoming part-time hoteliers. The number of violations...
View ArticleNo Vacancies Til Brooklyn: How Three Kings of Kings County Conquered...
Watch the throne. (Courtesy Wythe Hotel) At the end of April, Vice magazine, the Williamsburg house organ, threw a party in the neighborhood. The party was inside 80 Wythe Street, a giant old factory...
View ArticleNo Vacancies Til Brooklyn: How Three Kings of Kings County Conquered...
Watch the throne. (Courtesy Wythe Hotel) At the end of April, Vice magazine, the Williamsburg house organ, threw a party in the neighborhood. The party was inside 80 Wythe Street, a giant old factory...
View ArticleInside the Wythe Hotel, the Acme of Williamsburg [Pics]
In this week’s Observer, we check into Williamsburg’s new Wythe Hotel, the Platonic ideal of modern Brooklyn. Grab a key and a gin fizz, maybe a plate of fire-grilled trout, and see for yourself.
View ArticleInside the New-Old Bossert Hotel, Former Home to Dodgers and Jehovahs Witnesses
For the past few months, work has been progressing on the Hotel Bossert, once known as Brooklyn’s Waldorf-Astoria. It was where many Dodgers greats used to live, and they famously took the trolley from...
View ArticleVicious Vacancies: City Council Raises Fines On Illegal Hoteliers
An illegal hotel that was busted on the UWS. (The Mayor’s Office, via Dnainfo) The operators of illegal hotels may have trouble sleeping tonight—and it won’t necessarily be because of the rowdy...
View ArticleNo Vacancies: Union, Pols Push for Hotel Restrictions in Midtown East Rezoning
Holding out for hotels. (Getty) Everyone has been praying for the inclusion of churches and synagogues in the Midtown East rezoning, but no one has checked in on the situation of hotels yet. The...
View ArticleGoogle Launches a Leaderboard for Check-Ins, But Foursquare Has Been Here Before
Google snuck in a bit of a bomb for Foursquare with the latest update to its Google Maps app for
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