http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T15:05:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/What%20is%20Wrong%20With%20This%20Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/4/121318/753 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/coopersquarelobbyvertical.jpg" class="top"> <p>This morning, our friends over at <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2008/11/04/cooper_square_hotel_is_the_new_face_of_the_bowery.php">Curbed</a> pointed us toward <a href="http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10566">World Architecture News'</a> feature on the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel</a></b>, which spotlighted the first-ever photos of hotel's lobby and finally offered an explanation of the building's curious shape. (It was actually meant to evoke "a face starting small at the neck and widening upwards" and not so much a shark's fin or a sail). <p>When we first glanced at these lobby shots, we thought they were kinda "meh" <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/17/155932/89/hotels/Cooper_Square_Almost_Open_Looks_Just_Okay_">like the rooms</a>. After looking at them for longer than two seconds, however, it seems that we've arrived at a conclusion: we're loving the spectacular natural light -- and that's about it. <p>We're not interior designers, Jenna 2008-11-04T13:09:01-05:00 40.7277690 -73.990788 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/