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First Look Inside Hotel Le Bleu
9/17/2007 at 4:15 PM
Tags: Hotel Openings, Hotel Hype, Hotel Delays, Hotel Video Tours
The last we heard about Brooklyn's Hotel Le Bleu, it was waiting on a certificate of occupancy. We went to check it out to find out if it really does overlook the Gowanus Canal, if it does have a tiny lobby and whether or not it would open any time soon.
On that last bit, it seems that October 1 may actually happen. True, it's only weeks away, but there are just a handful of things holding up the certificate of occupancy: elevator indicators and standpipe checks are scheduled for this week. As GM Robert Gaeta told us, he's done his part, and he's just waiting for the city's approval. "We're not Six Columbus," he said more than once.
As for those views, half the rooms do have a glimpse of the slimy Gowanus Canal and a sweeping panorama of U-Haul filled parking lots. From the higher floors, though, you also get the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline. (Not available from Manhattan hotel rooms.)
While most of the rooms are finished, one floor still has some work pending, and the entire hotel is getting scrubbed down this week. The rooftop restaurant and bar are still months away and definitely under contruction. But GM Gaeta told us that was always the plan: Get the hotel open, then worry about the restaurant. Hotel Le Bleu plans keep guests off the 7th floor so it can act as a buffer zone between the occupied floors and the construction for the restaurant and bar.
More photos of the hotel are in the HotelChatter Flickr Pool.
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· Hotel Le Bleu Supposedly "Just Waiting on Certificate of Occupancy" [HotelChatter]
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