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Sep 27

No Vacancies: Union, Pols Push for Hotel Restrictions in Midtown East Rezoning

Everyone has been praying for the inclusion of churches and synagogues in the Midtown East rezoning, but no one has
By Matt Chaban
Sep 12

Vicious Vacancies: City Council Raises Fines On Illegal Hoteliers

The operators of illegal hotels may have trouble sleeping tonight—and it won’t necessarily be because of the rowdy tourists filing
By Kim Velsey
Aug 13

Inside 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
By Matt Chaban
May 22

Inside the Wythe Hotel, the Acme of Williamsburg [Pics]

By Matt Chaban
May 22

No Vacancies Til Brooklyn: How Three Kings of Kings County Conquered Williamsburg, and Gentrification Itself

By Matt Chaban
Watch the throne. (Courtesy Wythe Hotel)
May 22

No Vacancies Til Brooklyn: How Three Kings of Kings County Conquered Williamsburg, and Gentrification Itself

By Matt Chaban
This isn't a game of Monopolgy. (NYC&Co.)
Apr 27

No Vacancies: New York Cracks Down On Illegal Hotels

By Kim Velsey
Apr 16

How Much Do the Chelsea’s Residents Wish Stanley Bard Was Still Running the Show?

By Michael Ewing
The mysterious Mr. Chetrit. (DNAinfo)
Mar 23

Mysterious Joseph Chetrit Spotted in the Wild Pushing His Hotel Chelsea Transformation

By Matt Chaban
Imagine the parties, but watch the edge. (ScoutingNY)
Mar 19

An Awesome Atrium: Ace Investor and Thompson Team Up to Transformer Temple Court Post-Balazs

By Michael Ewing
via Engadget
Feb 20

Google Launches a Leaderboard for Check-Ins, But Foursquare Has Been Here Before

By Nitasha Tiku
The quiet Standard (don't let the architecture fool you).
Jan 30

Andre Balazs Says Standard East Village Will Be ‘More Quiet’

By Michael Ewing
No Soho. (Hotel Chatter)
Jan 18

You’re Auctioned! Trump Soho Going to the Highest Bidder

By Matt Chaban
It won't be the same, will it? (PBS)
Jan 12

Because the Night Belongs to Chetrit: Patti Smith Still Playing Chelsea Hotel, Boos Be Damned

By Stephen Duffy
Vacancy. (Scouting NY)
Jan 11

Temple of Ruins, Balazs Checks Out of 5 Beekman St. Development

By Stephen Duffy
Dec 9

Construction at Hotel Chelsea Gets Dirty: Workers Throw Punches, Tenants Antagonize

By Elise Knutsen
Keep your clothes on!
Nov 28

Peep Show! The Yotel Is the New Standard—and Not Because of the Service

By Matt Chaban
The two towers, back from the dead. (Pay a Visit)
Oct 26

There Will Be a Clocktower Hotel After All, With Ian Schrager Ringing the Bell

By Matt Chaban
They'll leave the light on for you. (EV Grieve)
Oct 21

Lower East Side Finally Getting a Half Decent Boutique Hotel

By Matt Chaban
Oct 21

A Bad Dream: Hot Hotel's Rooftop Bar Sued for Waitress Harrassment

By Elise Knutsen
Charming! (DNAinfo)
Oct 21

Are the Chelsea Hotel Renovations Poisoning the Boarders?

By Matt Chaban
Dashing. (Getty)
Oct 11

Ian Schrager Going ‘Public’ in New York

By Matt Chaban
"We will fall," sang the Stooges. (The Real Deal)
Oct 6

Where’s All the Art Gone? Inside the Chelsea Hotel Renovations

By Matt Chaban
That is one heck of a hotel. Well, actually it's two. (NYT)
Aug 10

There Are a Lot of Hotels in New York, But None as Big as Harry Gross’ Broadway Behemoth

By Matt Chaban
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