http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T03:16:20Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Gansevoort%20Park%20Ave http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/10/12510/2390 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gvoortpark1.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>As excited as we are to have a piece of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gansevoort%20hotels"><b>Gansevoort Hotel</b></a> on Park Ave South (especially since the Meat Packing District may soon become a <a href="http://gawker.com/tag/urban-anthropology/?i=5023383&t=meatpacking-district-a-no+go-zone">"No-Go" Zone</a>), we will probably have to wait a little bit longer than we would like.<p>A tipster on the street sent us these construction shots...if you can call them construction as it looks like the ground is just being turned over here.<p>For now, the Gansevoort Park at 29th Street is expected to open its 250 guest rooms in May 2009. Does it take less than a year to build a building from scratch? We're not sure but you bet we'll be watching this one very closely.<p><i>Two more pics after the juliana 2008-07-10T13:20:13-05:00 40.743968 -73.984046 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/22/133954/757 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/gansevoort_park.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Way back when, like a year ago, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/26/104258/971/hotels/Hot_Hotelier_News_Manhattan_Edition">Page Six</a> reported on various hotelier rumors--one being that the Gansevoort Hotel would open a second NYC location on Park Ave South and 29th Street.<p>Then not too long ago, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/6/12147/85508/hotels/Hotel+Gansevoort+To+Get+Second+NYC+Location%3F">DBTH blog</a> reported that this was even more likely. Finally, the Gansevoort people spilled the beans to the NYT confirming that the <b>Gansevoort Park</b> is in the works and a 2009 opening date has been set. The hotel will include:<br> <blockquote><p> a 19-story glass-and-limestone building with 225 rooms, which will cost $200 million....<p> A wide 150-foot-tall glass column containing light-emitting diodes will display mutating colors along the corner of the building's facade, in a nod to four similar juliana 2007-08-22T13:44:12-05:00 40.743964 -73.983691 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/