March 05, 2007
The Bowery Hotel Bites GPH's Steez
According to Hotelchatter.com, the Maritime team's Bowery Hotel staff asked that they decline from taking pictures "at these early stage." Perhaps, it's so that Ian Schrager and Julian Schnabel don't catch wind that BH totally bit GPH's medieval Spanish theme, right down to the rose-colored velvet armchairs. I guess they ran out of time to come up with an original design concept with all that zoning wrangling.
The Bowery Hotel Lobby (photo courtesy www.hotelchatter.com)
GPH's Rose Bar (courtesy of the Gramercy Park Hotel)
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September 27, 2006
Hotel, Motel, Condo-mini-um
The scaffolding is down at 335 Bowery, revealing the corner restaurant and bar of the latest boutique hotel/hotspot enterprise ingeniously named the Bowery Hotel. The Maritime Hotel team (Eric Goode also owns neighboring B-Bar) managed to get around the residential zoning by renting out the top three floors of the 17-story "hi-rise." Louie, a security guard, said that they are planning to put a jacuzzi tub on the penthouse and that the owners hoped to open in a couple of months (good one, guys).
more Boutique hotel business after the jump
I finally had a chance to visit the Schraeger+Schnabelized Gramercy Park Hotel the other nite. Here are some pix of the nite minus me playing pool in the gorgeoso Rose Bar due to the presence of celebrities. Being the too-cool New Yorkers we are, my friend didn't want to offend promoter Nur(of Hiro/Maritime) with the paparazzi-esque flash of my tiny Canon Digital Elph.
Cheekily off-kilter logo rug at entrance
Cozy fireplace in lobby with tasteful Picasso painting hanging above
Requisite Schnabel piece in Spanish-style lobby
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