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San Francisco: Gregory Peck To Open The Crescent San Francisco

juliana — 2008-06-16T12:53:23-05:00

While it's unclear whether San Francisco will be getting an Alcatraz Hotel or not, the city by the Bay will have a new hotel in Union Square from hotelier Gregory Peck.

As we mentioned last summer Peck was looking to spin off his Crescent Beverly Hills hotel and while we were hedging our bets that Palm Springs would be the place to do so, it turns out Peck is headed to San Fran.

Beverly Hills: Party Dispatch:: The Crescent Beverly Hills' LA Fashion Week Party

juliana — 2007-10-22T12:42:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/10canerum.jpg" class="imgborder">Last Tuesday, we hit up the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Crescent+Hotel+Beverly+Hills/local/20">Crescent Beverly Hills</a> for a Los Angeles Fashion Week party hosted by hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gregory%20peck">Gregory Peck</a> and fashion designer Katy Rodriguez, who is also the co-owner of L.A. boutique Resurrection.The party had a few purposes--one being to show off the Crescent BH's patio lounge area (obvs), but also to celebrate the launch of Audrey Bernstein's lifestyle and hospitality website, <a href="http://www.oh-audrey.com">Oh Audrey</a> and to showcase the newest issue of <a href="http://www.bigmagazine.com">Big Magazine's</a> "Big Show" issue, devoted entirely to fashion.The party itself was rather low-key with guests from fashion and movie industry mingling both outside on the patio and inside the small lobby/general area. This cozy little space rather felt like someone's

New York: Gregory Peck and Matt Moss: They Was Just Frontin'

juliana — 2007-10-08T13:03:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/coopsqbuild.jpg" class="imgborder">Cooper Square Hotel, September 2007.A while back we wrote about how hotelier Gregory Peck was definitely <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/9/151313/1047/hotels/Gregory_Peck_Talks_Cooper_Square_">still involved</a> in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel</a> project but as we did, we noticed some obvious cracks in the friendship/work relationship with co-developer Matt Moss.We couldn't get Matt Moss to speak with us and even verifying the Peck-Moss partnership with Moss' people was somewhat of a struggle. Nevertheless, we learned that Peck was still in on an ownership level and that Cooper Square would be opening sometime in April 2008.But then we received a tip from HotelChatter reader Low Pro who says that Matt Moss is pursuing another partnership with Cooper Square's general manager Klaus Ortlieb. <blockquote>I know for a

Beverly Hills: Gregory Peck to Expand The Crescent Beverly Hills Brand

juliana — 2007-09-27T12:49:53-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/greg_peck_sml.jpg" class="imgborder">In our chat earlier this month with hotelier Gregory Peck, we were first anxious to know what the heck was going on with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel.</a> Peck dished the detes of the project from his definite involvement in the hotel all the way down to what to expect inside (hello, performance venue!)But after we got over Cooper Square, Peck had some news for us about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Crescent+Hotel+Beverly+Hills/local/20">Crescent Beverly Hills</a>, his first hotel that opened in 2001 and which he still calls his "baby." And he has grand plans for the hotel, namely spinning off the brand. But he won't be in a boardroom developing a prototype franchise to sell to developers (ahem, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/aloft%20hotels">Aloft</a>

New York: Gregory Peck Talks Cooper Square

juliana — 2007-09-10T09:29:27-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/coopersquare3_story.jpg" class="imgborder">A HotelChatter ExclusiveThe new luxury boutique hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel</a>, is rapidly rising in NYC's Bowery neighborhood. Its construction has been heavily chronicled here and on NYC blogs from the first design rendering (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/15/161732/602/hotels/Cooper+Square+Hotel+Full+Frontal">"full frontal"</a>) to the "high tech glass panels" <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2007/08/29/cooper_square_hotel_update_2_bowery_grabbag.php">Curbed</a> spotted on the sidewalk last week. And don't forget <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/33005380@N00/1138690166/in/pool-hotelchatter/">our view</a> of the construction from our bath at the Bowery Hotel last month.But it's the drama that's been going on behind the scenes, that is creating the most noise. Last we heard, developer-not-the-actor Gregory Peck had been kicked out of Cooper Square, a hotel concept he developed with his partner and old high school buddy, Matt Moss, nearly three years ago. Additionally,