Hudson Hotel
Coordinates: 40°46′06″N 73°59′06″W / 40.768379°N 73.984954°W
The Hudson Hotel is a boutique hotel located at West 58th Street, New York City, USA.
[edit] History
The building, which currently houses the Hudson Hotel, was constructed in 1928 by the daughter of J. P. Morgan as the American Women’s Association clubhouse and residence for young women in New York. During World War II the building housed Dutch soldiers. More recently, the space served as the headquarters for public television station WNET; the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour was broadcast from the building.[1] WNET has since relocated to 450 West 33rd Street.
In 1997, the building was purchased by Morgans Hotel Group and underwent a three-year renovation, to become a hotel, at the cost of $125 million. As with the Royalton Hotel, the Hudson Hotel was also renovated by Ian Schrager, co-owner of Studio 54 and current CEO of Ian Schrager Company,[2] and the designer Philippe Starck .[3]
When the hotel opened, it was the team's second hotel collaboration in New York, following the Paramount by 10 years. They made over the former dormitory to be a relatively affordable, but trendy hotel, with the goal described as 'Cheap Chic'.[4]
In compensation for the constraints of the private spaces, the designers focused on creating large and dramatic public spaces.[5] The Hudson Bar, with its glowing yellow glass floor by Mison Concepts and ceiling fresco by Francesco Clemente,[6] hosts events such as dance parties, movie premieres and book launches, and has been featured in TV shows such as Gossip Girl and Sex & The City.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Christopher Gray, New York Times, From Women's Clubhouse to WNET to $75 a Night. 4 January 1998
- ^ Ian Schrager Company Retrieved 22 March 2010
- ^ Philippe Starck Retrieved 22 March 2010
- ^ Hudson Hotel, New York. Retrieved 9 December 2007
- ^ Cythnia Davidson, Architectural Record, 'Hudson Hotel'. Retrieved 22 March 2010
- ^ Cythnia Davidson, Architectural Record, 'Hudson Hotel'. Retrieved 22 March 2010
- ^ Daily Intel, New York Magazine, 'Gossip Girl is Royally Pimpin'. Retrieved 22 March 2010
