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NYC Downtown Hotel Map :: Soho Grand

October 3, 2006 at 11:48 AM | 0 Comments

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The Soho Grand opened up way back in 1996 around the time dowtown NYC was starting to become cool again, making it the old maid on our downtown map. However, despite age and celebrity guests the hotel manages to stay atop of the game.

Room Rules
There's 363 rooms in this hotel for you to choose from, all sporting "natural materials" of wood, clay, canvas, and leather. But despite the earthy decore the rooms are full of hi-tech amenities like flat-screen TVs, digital cable, iPods, and Bose Sound Docks along with luxury toiletries from Malin+Goetz, Frette linens, a gourmet mini-bar and a pet goldfish upon request. And after 10 years, the hotel is starting to renovate some rooms, although we haven't seen one yet.

As for space in this place, the smallest room, the queen superior has only 230-square-feet to offer and only a walk-in shower no bathtub. The penthouse lofts on the other hand offer two bedrooms and 1,200 sq ft terraces.

Only in NYC Amenity or Service
The hotel offers its guests the use of high-sport Electra bicycles (complimentary!) to get around town during the "warm spring", summer and fall months.

Map-Making Moment
While making the list as one of the best NYC hotels to have an affair was map-worthy, the TV actor doing lines at the bar is by far the more important moment.

Hotel Bar vs. Hotel Restaurant
The Grand Bar & Lounge serves up American fare and cocktails and is a pretty standard boutique hotel bar. However, The Gallery is a "more intimate" place to wine and dine with art works by the city's avant-garde artists and photographers. Yet, if The Yard, the hotel's spring/summer outdoor bar were open year-round we have a feeling this place would beat out both the Grand Bar and Gallery.

Who you are most likely to see in the lobby:
Ad execs, media workers, and Web 2.0 kids using their VC's credit card.

Subway Stop:
The A,C,E at Canal Street or the 1,9 at Canal Street.

Quickest route uptown
The A,C,E.