USA Today Discovers The Gramercy Park Hotel and Schrager's Bulging Belly

Where: 2 Lexington Avenue [map], New York, ny, United States, 10010

9/14/2006 at 3:15 PM
Tags: Gramercy Park Hotel, Ian Schrager

USA Today's Kitty Beyonce has gotten in on the Gramercy Park Hotel craze by scoring an interview with game-changer Ian Schrager and asking him such hard-hitting questions like, "Why did you reject Paris Hilton from the Rose Bar?"

The paper also did a photo-shoot of the public areas and one of the hotel's suite which runs for somewhere between $800 - $2,500. One of our candid room photos, pictured below the USA Today shot is currently running for $550 but we snagged it for the intro rate of $250 by booking online. $550, $950, who can afford to stay at this hotel? Someone who can pay straight cash homey without batting an eyelash that's who. Someone like...Paris Hilton?

You decide: Is the Gramercy Park Hotel a scary gothic sex castle or a place to debate the cultural influence of Jean-Michael Basquiat? More importantly, if you pay $2500 a night will Schrager allow you to scribble on the walls for the sake of art?

Comparison of USA Today and HotelChatter pics post-click