While the regular rooms are spacious enough at Robert DeNiro's Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca, if you'd rather stay in the penthouse suite, you're gonna have to wait a little bit longer.

New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission has ordered the hotel to make their penthouse roof smaller. Apparently, the initial building plans for the hotel were approved without the inclusion of a penthouse. The penthouse was built anyways, much to the landmarks commission's dismay. The hotel's architect then had to come up with a new plan for the roof which was approved today.

Curbed has the architectural detes on the new designs: ]]> juliana 2010-11-16T16:21:55-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/8/16/85823/0682

In case you didn't already think that New York University students were the luckiest kids around, with their campus and dorms located in and around Greenwich Village, now comes news that some NYU kids may move into the Greenwich Hotel. After all, can you think of a better resident assistant than Bobby DeNiro?

Overcrowding in the regular NYU dorms is the cause of the potential move to the hotel, with as many as 250 students who were guaranteed housing for the upcoming fall semester still without a room assignment.

]]> MsRebecca 2010-08-16T09:31:29-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/7/17227/0677 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/greenwichroom.jpg" class="top"><p> It only took about a year and a half but HotelChatter has finally seen the inside of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Greenwich+Hotel/local/1047"><b>Greenwich Hotel</b></a> in TriBeCa. Yes, the very same Greenwich Hotel that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/1/152845/4313/hotels/Robert_DeNiro_s_Greenwich_Hotel_Cancelled_Our_Reservation">infamously blacklisted us</a> on its opening day in March 2008.<p>We knew before we booked our room on that black day that the hotel had a media exclusive. We promised not to run our photos until the exclusive was published but the hotel didn't want to take any chances. And today, a year after officially opening, they still aren't taking any chances.<p>During our tour, we were not allowed to photograph any of the public spaces in order to respect the privacy of the guests who may be juliana 2009-10-08T09:28:55-05:00 40.7198459 -74.009854 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/12/165534/986 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/greenwich1.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/andrew-carmellinis-new-restaurant-locanda-verde/?src=twt&twt=nytimesdining"> The NY Times</a> has the breaking news that the restaurant formerly occupied by <b>Ago</b> inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Greenwich+Hotel/local/1047"><b>Greenwich Hotel</b></a> will now be called <b>Locanda Verde</b>: <blockquote><p>Andrew Carmellini is executive chef and co-owner; Karen Demasco is pastry chef. The interior is getting a speedy makeover by Ken Friedman and Meyer Davis, the firm that designed Boqueria and Mas Farmhouse. In an interview in February, Mr. Carmellini set out his goals for the restaurant. &#148;I want this to be a neighborhood restaurant,&#148; he said. &#148;I want it to be laid back and casual. I want to have a good time.&#148;</blockquote></p><p>And good food right? The restaurant will open next Tuesday. Hopefully, the Greenwich hotel's website will have removed juliana 2009-05-12T17:02:19-05:00 40.7197331 -74.010184 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/13/10352/6525 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/NobuHotelMap.jpg" class="top"> <p>Is the world still game for a <b>Nobu Hotel</b> from <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Robert%20DeNiro">Robert DeNiro</a></b> and star chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa? Ever since plans for the first Nobu Hotel in New York's Financial District were announced last May, we've kept our ears wide open for any other tidbits on the topic only to see it disappear quietly into the history of funky hotel rumors. <p>Now nearly a year later, <i><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/5140913/Nobus-raw-plan-for-hotels-Dashwood.html">The Telegraph UK</a></i> has resurrected the concept of a Nobu Hotel by explaining the delay (issues with a 50 percent sale of the company) and assuring the world that "<b>plans are currently being drawn up</b>." We're assuming then that their plans to commandeer the building at 50 Broad Street are JetSetCD 2009-04-13T11:21:21-05:00 40.7058640 -74.011610 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/