http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T18:27:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Mercer%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/27/174911/389 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/mercerhotel_story.jpg"> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Downtown-New-York-City-Hotel-Scene-Map"><b>Click Here to Go Straight to the Downtown NYC Map</b></a><p>Before there was Hotel QT, The Standards and The Raleigh, Andre Balazs opened <a href="http://www.mercerhotel.com/"><b>The Mercer Hotel</b></a> way back in 1998. It took Balazs eight years to open the darn thing after investment hurdles and trying to accommodate historical landmarks (the building is over 100 years old and was originally an office site for John Jacob Astor II.) But those eight years paid off as the hotel is still a chic boutique hotel to visit today.<p> <b>Room Rules</b><br>Props to the Mercer for including the exact square footage for each type of room on their web site, ranging from the 280-sq-ft Courtyard room to the gigantic, 1,375-sq-ft Penthouse and juliana 2006-10-03T11:49:06-05:00 40.724838 -73.998414 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/