http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T02:48:02Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Ames%20Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/18/4424/90478 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ames_b2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Boston is hot right now and surprisingly, this bit of news has nothing to do with the newly crowned NBA Champs, The Celtics.<p> Boston is becoming a little hotbed of boutique hotel activity and the latest to join the game is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/morgans%20hotel%20group"><b>Morgans Hotel Group</b></a>. The super trendy hotel group had decided to restore the old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Building">Ames Building</a> and rename it <b> The Ames Hotel</b>.<p> The Ames building is a historic building in downtown Boston that first began construction in the late 1880s. Word on the street is the building was so perfect for a boutique hotel that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ian%20schrager">Ian Schrager</a> (after he left Morgans) tried to snatch up the property before the developers had AndyG 2008-06-18T10:53:08-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/