http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-08-30T08:06:36Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Edition%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/20/133933/806 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/EditionWashingtonDC.gif" class="imgborder"><br> <p> After hearing <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/10/231621/203/hotels/In_The_Name_Of_The_Father_Son_and_Edition_Hotel">rumor</a> after <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/163747/967/hotels/For_Unto_Us_An_Edition_Hotel_in_DC_is_Born_">rumor</a> that Ian Schrager's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Edition%20Hotels">Edition</a></b> will rise in what was a former church in the Adams Morgan section of DC, the Washington DC Business Journal has <a href="http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/06/23/story8.html">confirmed</a> it will really happen. But you just have to wait until 2012 for it's opening.<p>DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commission has approved the plans from developers Brian Friedman (Friedman Capital) and Beztak Properties who are working with Marriott and Schrager to build this Edition. <blockquote><p> Friedman will present his concept for the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Euclid and Champlain streets NW, to the Historic Preservation Review Board on June 26. The property is up for historic landmark designation later this AndrewC 2008-06-20T13:58:00-05:00 38.922801 -77.041712 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/163747/967 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/EditionLogoOfficial.png" class="imgborder"><p>So a while back we heard <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/10/231621/203/hotels/In_The_Name_Of_The_Father_Son_and_Edition_Hotel">some rumors</a> that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Edition%20Hotels"><b>Edition Hotel</b></a> from our older-man crush Bill Marriott and boutique pioneer Ian Schrager would open in Washington DC in a former First Church of Christ Scientist church at Columbia Road and Euclid Street.<p>It looks like those rumors are getting closer and closer to truths. Again our tipster Lee W wrote us to say that the <a href="http://www.currentnewspapers.com/archiveweek.php?n=3&amp;year=2008">Dupont Current</a> interviewed a developer who has plans for the site.<blockquote><p><p> The details of the project is a 9-story boutiques hotel rising behind the First Church of Christ Scientist, with 150 guest rooms, a restaurant, one-to-two stories of penthouse condos, and "4,000 square feet of community space" to be able juliana 2008-03-31T16:41:21-05:00 38.922370 -77.041679 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/3/11359/48410 <![CDATA[<p><object width="399" height="299"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHG7dC1FhPM" name="movie"></param><param value="transparent" name="wmode"></param><embed width="399" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHG7dC1FhPM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="299" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/edition%20hotels"><b>Edition Hotels</b></a> was formally announced this past January at the ALIS conference in Los Angeles and Marriott has created a news video on the event and uploaded it to <a href="http://youtube.com/marriottnews">YouTube.</a> (Notice their customized page!)<p>There's nothing much new here that we haven't heard before about Edition Hotels but we do see a lot. Bill and Ian both speak on camera and are extremely excited about the project. Btw, Ian has found a perfect tan shade. And Marriott's Chief Financial Officer Arne Sorenson gets some screen time to talk about the planned nine locations and expects half of the Edition Hotels to be outside of the U.S.<p>The developers of juliana 2008-03-03T11:12:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/28/10329/1153 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/editionlogo_thumb.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>It's been a while since we checked in with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/edition%20hotels"><b>Edition Hotels</b></a> after an initial flurry of hotel announcements and today <a href="http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/the-edition-hotels-logo/">Andrew Calvo</a> has discovered the logo for the Bill Marriott-Ian Schrager love child.<p>And....here it is. <p>And...we're kinda bored.<p> Sure the sideways O is a nice touch but it does look like old newspaper font. Maybe in 20 years it will be nice to stay at an Edition Hotel and reminisce about the golden age of newspapers but for now this is pretty dull. <p>It's actually something we expect from Marriott but not from Schrager. Then again, Marriott's footing the bill. Here's hoping the hotels are better than this.<p><i> Go to <a href="http://passionsofazealot.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/the-edition-hotels-logo/">Passions of a Zealot</a> for juliana 2008-02-28T10:33:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/10/231621/203 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/EditionWashingtonDC.gif" class="imgborder"> <p> Last week we linked to an article from USAToday that said Washington DC's first <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/edition%20hotels"><b>Edition</b></a> will be located on the "18th Street Corridor", well thanks to a great tip from Lee W, we juuuusssttt might have an idea as to exactly where Washington DC's first Edition Hotel will be located. <p> Apparently the locked down and closed First Church of Christ Scientist located at 1770 Euclid Street NW (a block away from 18th Street) was supposed to be converted into a condo building, but since the District's Historic Preservation Review Board wouldn't allow it, the developer, Brian Friedman, decided to build a boutique hotel instead.<p> Lee W writes: <blockquote><p>A church would be quite a AndrewC 2008-02-12T09:28:11-05:00 38.922801 -77.041712 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/