Jebb was so kind as to drop a gift into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool for us: check out this photo of the Cooper Square Hotel shedding its scaffolding. He adds on his website:

The Dildo of Darkness [Ed Note: LOLz] had its entryway scaffolding removed on 3rd Avenue this morning.

The Cooper Square Hotel lobby appeared somewhat finished with working light fixtures, too.. at least, that's what we could see through the parts of the windows that were not covered with brown craft paper.

Thanks for the update; but we're sort of like, "meh." We got sick of waiting for you, Cooper Square. We're not those kinda girls. We're out. ]]> Jenna 2008-09-09T17:55:10-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/14/12141/5562

This summer is shaping up to be the summer of hoteliers in magazines. The latest to join the group is Gregory Peck who gets all serious in the Sur la Terre magazine about his hotelier business (Sorry, no online link available!)

The piece is just a simple Q&A with Peck about how he got started in the hotel world (he used to work for Northstar Capital which funded several Ian Schrager hotels) and what his hotelier philosophy is about.

Oh yeah, and a little bit about Cooper Square. Nothing that we or Klaus Ortleib haven't already told you though.

Some tidbits after the jump.]]> juliana 2008-08-14T13:58:48-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/22/141428/464 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/coopersquarewebsite.png" class="imgborder"> <p>Well, folks: hell seems to have frozen over. <p>The <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">Cooper Square Hotel </a></b>has a <a href="http://www.thecoopersquarehotel.com/">website. </a> <p>Yes, you read that correctly. It's totally bare-bones and has no real content on it, but it gives us hope that the hotel will in fact open someday. <p>The hotel has been delayed forever -- and in the midst of major drama with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/14626/7323/hotels/Know_Your_Manhattan_Hoteliers_">Gregory Peck</a>, some folks had even speculated that the project would be scrapped altogether around this time<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/6/121519/5986/hotels/Cooper_Square_Hotel_No_More_"> last year</a> -- but is all the drama finally over? <p>Not only does the website now exist, but <a href="http://www.downbythehipster.com/blog/2008/7/22/cooper-square-hotel-ready-for-fashion-week-premiere.html">Down by the Hipster </a>reported today that the hotel has been marketing itself to fall Fashion Week event Jenna 2008-07-22T14:17:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/14626/7323

Ask and you shall receive. In a story the other week about the possible cold war thaw between feuding hoteliers Gregory Peck and Matt Moss (actually, that was just wishful thinking. The frenemy war rages on still), we asked for a copy of the Page Six magazine featuring some of NYC's hottest hoteliers.

And a kind soul sent us a copy!

In it, you see Jason Pomeranc (with ever-present arm candy/fashion publicist/girlfriend Ali Wise), Matt Moss and Greg Peck (totally did not pose together), scary Sean MacPherson and partner Eric Goode, the ever-dapper Andre Balazs, grunge hotelier Alex Calderwood of the Ace Hotel brand and chefs/restauaranteurs Todd English and Ken Friedman.]]> juliana 2008-06-23T15:02:22-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/