http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-21T15:53:41Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/714 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/16/174229/174 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/WashSqHotel.jpg" class="top"> <p>It used to be, in the days before this blasted recession, that people would come from far and wide to shop it up in <b>New York City</b>. It was part of the glamor to walk into a lobby, your elbows laden with glossy shopping bags. Thankfully, some of the city's hotels haven't forgotten that the recession doesn't drive away this desire; it just makes it harder to do. <p>But from July 1st through Labor Day, the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Washington+Square+Hotel/local/714">Washington Square Hotel</a></b> in Greenwich Village has you covered with a <b>Village Shopping Pass</b>, also known as your ticket to hotel guest-only discounts at the best of the local boutiques. <p>The hotel has even considered what guests might want to JetSetCD 2009-06-16T18:05:31-05:00 40.7324460 -73.998903 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/18/10222/6072 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/WashSqLounge.jpg" class="top"> <p>With the proliferation of new hotels south of 14th Street in <b>New York City</b> (we're looking at you, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795">Standard</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square</a></b> and upcoming <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Crosby%20Street%20Hotel">Crosby Street</a></b>), it's finally becoming apparent that one need not always sleep around Times Square or Fifth Avenue in order to feel in the middle of the action. Going downtown opens a visitor up to real neighborhoods and the less shopping-driven stretches of New York streets. Perhaps the best example of such an area is <b>Greenwich Village</b>, with its sepia-tinged sidestreets and proximity to NYU keeping it hip. <p>One of the focuses of Greenwich Village is the large Washington Square Park, by which sits the century-old <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Washington+Square+Hotel/local/714">Washington Square Hotel</a></b>. Thankfully, JetSetCD 2009-03-18T11:52:00-05:00 40.7324460 -73.998903 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/