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Studio Tack transforms an old motor lodge into a minimalist boutique hotel in...
This 1960s guesthouse in upstate New York was recently transformed into a charming boutique hotel by the Brooklyn-based design firm Studio Tack. The Scribner’s Catskill Lodge boasts a modern yet rustic...
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Fewer young foreigners traveling to NYC because of Trump
New York City expected tourism from foreigners to fall after President Trump’s chaotic announcement of his first executive order in January which banned travel from seven majority-Muslim countries...
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Anbang taps Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Waldorf Astoria renovation
Proposed rendering of the Park Avenue foyer, via Skidmore, Owings & Merrill On March 1st, the Waldorf Astoria closed its doors to the public so that its new owners, Chinese insurer Anbang (who just...
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First look at the iconic Hotel Chelsea’s glamorous interior renovation
Update 4/4/2017: 6sqft has been informed that Kara Mann’s design will likely not move forward because of changes with the development team. We will provide additional updates as we receive them. While...
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The hotel industry prepares a national fight against Airbnb
With its value nearing $30 billion dollars, it’s hard to deny Airbnb’s influence and disruption in the American hotel industry. Since its founding in 2008, the short-term lodging company has serviced...
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Trump SoHo sees sharp drop in event bookings, increase in layoffs
Photo of Trump SoHo via Trump Hotels Trump SoHo, a $450 million, 46-story hotel condominium at 246 Spring Street, has suffered from a sharp decline in corporate event bookings and an increase in staff...
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INTERVIEW: Author Ed Hamilton on how the Chelsea Hotel inspired personal...
Background image via Andrew Malone/Flickr When it comes to the Chelsea Hotel, Ed Hamilton has seen it all. He and his wife moved to the iconic property in 1995, living among artists and musicians in a...
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New details about JFK’s TWA Hotel revealed, on track to open in 18 months
Rendering of TWA Hotel via MCR MCR Development officially launched the mid-century modern TWA Lounge on the 86th floor of One World Trade Center on Thursday and provided a deeper look into plans to...
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How the 1919 World Series was rigged at the Upper West Side’s Ansonia
The Ansonia in 1904, via Wiki Commons With the 2017 World Series kicking off today, it’s amazing to think that one of the most iconic landmarks of the Upper West Side played a crucial role in shaping...
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Waldorf Astoria will lose 1,000 hotel rooms in renovation
Photo via Wiki Commons In the coming weeks, the renovation of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel will finally begin–a three-year process to convert much of the building to luxury condos. Hilton Worldwide...
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Trump dumps Soho hotel after glitzy launch and 11-year slump
Image: Trump Soho; Donald Trump via Wikimedia Commons. New York City has never, barring perhaps a short stretch of the go-go ’80s, been Trump country. But the Trump Organization’s high-profile Midtown...
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New renderings by ‘Build It Bigger’ host Danny Forster show 220-room AC...
Sky lounge floating high above the Lincoln Tunnel entrance at AC Hudson Yards Hotel (Credit: Danny Forster Design Studio). Last year, 6sqft reported that demolition permits were filed by developer...
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JFK’s TWA Flight Center Hotel tops out, on track to open in 2019 with the...
Image courtesy of MCR and Morse Development; Photo: Max Touhey. MCR and Morse Development announced this week the topping out of the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport less than a year after breaking ground on...
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In the middle of the night, Trump Soho gets rebranded as the Dominick Hotel
Image: Trump Soho; Donald Trump via Wikimedia Commons After an 11-year economic slump, local protests and multiple lawsuits, the Trump Soho condominium and hotel at 246 Spring Street has officially...
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ODA Architects reveal renderings for Crown Heights hotel with arched patio...
Proposed renderings courtesy of ODA Architects Perhaps piggybacking on the positive reaction to their Rheingold Brewery project, ODA Architects have revealed renderings for another Brooklyn project...
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The Chinese government now owns the Waldorf Astoria
Photo via Wikimedia The Chinese government has taken control over debt-ridden Anbang Insurance Group, a Beijing-based firm known for snatching up prominent properties around the world for billions of...
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Highly elegant and highly classified: The history of espionage at the St. Regis
Photo via Wally Gobetz/Flickr You know that Old King Cole had a pipe and bowl, but did you know he also had a cloak and dagger? New York’s hyper-illustrious St. Regis Hotel, home to the famous King...
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New renderings for ODA’s archway-filled hotel in Crown Heights
Rendering of the Bedford Hotel via ODA ODA Architects’ boutique hotel planned for the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights got fresh renderings this week, revealing more details about its...
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You can buy a $14,000 mantle and more salvaged items from the Waldorf Astoria
Photo via Wikimedia; Auction images via Olde Good Things As 6sqft recently reported, ownership of the iconic Waldorf Astoria was among the properties involved when the Chinese government temporarily...
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Bjarke Ingels reveals new rendering for West Chelsea hotel/condo project, The...
Image: DBOX Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released new design details on its first New York condominium and hotel project at 76 Eleventh Avenue near the High Line in West Chelsea (h/t Designboom)....
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