HotelChatter - Stories about Library Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T03:40:23Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/957 Are Bookshelves the Latest Hotel Craze? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/4/111536/761 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ninesgame.jpg" class="top"><p> As we've been poking around new hotels that have opened recently, we are noticing a trend--<b>Bookshelves.</b> Hotels are trying to not only appeal to your nightowl tastes with their fancy celeb chef restaurants and their dark mysterious lounges but also to your inner bookworm.<p>Some examples of bookshelves in new hotels? <br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/4/121318/753/hotels/What_s_Wrong_With_These_Pictures_of_the_Cooper_Square_Lobby_"><b>Cooper Square</b></a>: We've been eagerly anticipating this NYC hotel and while the 70s-inspired decor got panned, no one seemed to mind the bookshelves. That's a good thing because there are some bookshelves in the guestrooms as well.<br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/inside%20sls"><b>SLS Hotel</b></a>: In a city more likely to tote around screenplays rather than books, the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles has peppered its public spaces with books juliana 2008-11-12T10:49:01-05:00 New York: Use Your Indoor Voice: A New Library Hotel for NYC http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/11/202131/12 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/donnell_library.png" class="imgborder"><p>The New York Public Library has recently agreed to sell its building and property for the West 53rd Street branch, The Donnell, to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Orient-Express%20Hotels"><b>Orient-Express Hotels</b></a> for $59 million. <p>Normally, that would just be another hotel transaction in the news but what's different about this sale is that the library will still maintain a presence on the hotel's first and underground floors. The rest of the floors will be for the hotel, with five of those having direct access to the storied 21 Club on 52nd street.<blockquote><p>The sale may strike some as an odd mix of culture and commerce, but the library said it had little choice because the branch, built in 1955, was in dire need of juliana 2007-11-12T10:15:01-05:00 40.764164 -73.984722 New York: Cubicle Dreamin': Bookworm Heaven in NY's Library Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/19/6239/56675 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak/stories">Amanda K</a> escapes to Manhattan. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/library_flickrpool.jpg"><p>Until five minutes ago, I never knew that my idea of a perfect hotel actually existed, and amandak 2007-03-19T09:54:55-05:00 40.752117 -73.979420 New York: Flickr Photo Pool: The Library Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/5/15/162050/919 Hotel Maven Mnot recently stayed at the Library Hotel in New York and snapped this shot of the Native American Religion room on the 12th floor.

Each room in the hotel has a unique theme, falling under a different Dewey Decimal category such as Religion, Math and Sciene, History, and Technology. The room's decor is then built around the theme/category. Of course, the hotel has books--6,000 of them throughout, all arranged according to the Dewey Decimal System.

If you don't know what this system is, then you obviously weren't paying attention in middle school.

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]]> juliana 2006-05-15T16:45:01-05:00 40.752117 -73.979420 New York: New York &quot;Love Shacks&quot; http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/29/151325/536 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/choc.jpg"><a href="http://www.urbandaddy.com/loveshacks.htm">Urban Daddy</a> breaks down not New York's most romantic hotels but instead the kinkiest, sexiest places to get it on. <p>A little bit different from other <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/2/7/13622/62517/deals/NYC_For_Lovers_Who_Like_Packages">NYC romance packages</a>, included on their list of <b>Love Shacks</b> is the <a href="http://www.libraryhotel.com"><b>Library Hotel.</b></a> Despite cramped quarters the hotel's Erotic Literature Suite ($650 a night) comes with <blockquote><p> strawberries, whipped cream, edible honey dust (for when the edible panties just aren't enough), champagne, a tantric massage video and a one pound box of Godiva Gold Ballotin...</blockquote></p><p><p> Another one that piqued our interest was Chocolate Secret Suite, &nbsp;whose SoHo address is only provided upon reservation and includes a rain shower with backlit colored glass panels, cocktail service, a full-scale kitchen, juliana 2006-03-29T15:20:09-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/