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Jane Hotel SRO Tenants Protest Outside The Waverly Inn

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December 18, 2008 at 10:40 AM | by Jenna | 10 Comments

Yesterday, we learned from NY Mag's Daily Intel that the SRO tenants in the building that houses the new Jane Hotel were threatening to protest outside of Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode's more famous NYC properties, the Waverly Inn and Maritime Hotel. In a hearing this week, the residents had complained that Jane Hotel workers aren't being nice to them, that the new construction has brought rats to the place, and that the construction has caused them to be without running water on occasion. Not good.

Yesterday, the threat of the protest was nothing but a possibility — but this morning Curbed confirmed that its sister site, Eater, received a tip last night that said "...there [were] a group of people in front of the waverly inn picketing with signs about slums lords and the jane hotel..." So, we suppose the protest actually happened.

But then we dropped by TripAdvisor and found that the tenants aren't the only ones complaining about their residences being converted to a hotel — the guests aren't loving the arrangement either. Of the three reviews on TripAdvisor since the Jane opened for business, two mention the residents and the construction.

The first, from NewEnglandJohnny:

While I was there, all of my fellow residents were actual residents. Late night coming and going, folks hanging out in the hall, as well as personal possessions. Had to walk around guys on ladders, guys carrying bags of trash, plaster, etc.

And in a December 12th review, themerm says, "The tenants next door are from another planet and the service is non existant."

Yikes. We're not sure the details behind the "other planet" thing, but we'd love to know. And hey, MacPherson did tell us himself that he was fully prepared for eccentric residents kickin' around — he said this to us: "The hotel is going to be weird. And I like that about this hotel." But was he prepared for this kind of stuff?

As always, if you've got any juicy tidbits to share with us about the tension at The Jane (or the Waverly and Maritime, as the case may be), let us know.

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  1. bobby j

    HotelChatter Member

    The Rats were There Before MacPherson and Goode

    I stayed at the Riverview for almost a month when I first moved to nyc about 5 years ago, and barley survived.  There were rats the size of small dogs back then.  And these things were mean and not afraid.  If you threw a shoe at them they would look at you like "is that all you got." They still haunt my dreams.
    December 18, 2008 at 11:27 AM
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  1. Jenna

    HotelChatter Member

    OMG

    And now they will be haunting my dreams. Dear lord.
    December 18, 2008 at 12:30 PM
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  1. laksmi devi

    HotelChatter Member

    The real story

    Tenants don't bother the guests.  What bothers the guests are dust, debris, bed bugs, the sound of driiliing and hammering.  I have witnessed guests go down to the front desk screaming about the construction noise, drilling, hammering etc and bedbugs and the desk offers the a ten percent discount which is about ten dollars per nigh t off of the cost of staying there.  I've seen many people come into the hotel, view the room and turn around and walk right out.  I've also seen guests leave well before their scheduled departure date, some not even making it through one night.  Of course Sean Mcpherson and Eric Goode will say it's all kind of neat and cozy with just a few minor inconveniences.  What are they supposed to say ?  That they are running a craphole? One of their attorneys was in a hearing filed by hotel tenants asserting harrasment.  The attorney for the Jane Hotel, one Mr. Altschuler, stated at the hearing that the rooms are five by seven.  When the presiding counsel said "my god those are small rooms"  Altschuler replied that yes they were but they had been designed to house visiting sailors.  The Jane is advertising the rooms as fifty square feet when by their own attorney's admittance the rooms are a much smaller 35 square feet.  when people show up and see that the room is much smaller than advertised they often just leave out into the cold winter night in search of another hotel.
    December 18, 2008 at 2:50 PM
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  1. patricksw

    HotelChatter Member

    did anyone consider

    doubling the size of the rooms?
    December 18, 2008 at 6:45 PM
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  1. bangerang

    HotelChatter Member

    wouldnt that give you

    half as many rooms to sell?
    December 19, 2008 at 8:42 AM
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  1. jorgeE

    HotelChatter Member

    you know what...?

    the rats were there way ...before this contruction started!!!! they were outside next to  the main door ( sometimes one or two would dare to crawl inside the property and into the large garbage plastic bins located on the 5th floor or 3rd floor trying to climb out of there.
    I lived there for 2 yrs. luckily I was on the top floor.., I know all those people who right now are trying to extort millions from Mc Phearson & Goode, I know the "wench" who is threatening the owners and demanding they buy her an 1 bedroom apt on 23rd street & 7 avenue ( in the heart of trendy chelsea...) if owners don't comply with her demands!!!!! her name is "Solange" from the 4th floor..., she is the self proclaimed President of the Jane tenats Association ( that's if you called that an association...) it's a joke!!!!

    they been "dreaming of millions in "buy-outs" more than a year ago.., an attorney by the name of Mr Himmelstein told her that "... she had no chance in hell to get any kind of buy-out money..." that's when she started to scheme this little "tenant revolution" in the streets of West Village.

    January 14, 2009 at 2:08 AM
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  1. DeezNuts

    HotelChatter Member

    you are mad

    funny...has to be some tenant that was thrown out like a wet dog for not paying their rent...get lost....
    January 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
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  1. jorgeE

    HotelChatter Member

    NO THE MAD ONE IS YOU...DeezNuts

    GET YOUR FACTS TOGETHER FIRST BEFORE YOU THROW SOME LAME POSTING LIKE THAT !!!!!
    FYI:
    I MOVED OUT ON MY OWN TO A REAL APARTMENT WHERE I HOLD A LEASE ...! UNLIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE WHO REFUSE TO PAY THEIR RENT FOR THE PAST 8-10 MONTHS AND ARE IN HOUSING COURT.
    AND I PAID MY WEEKLY ROOM RENT EVERY FRIDAY EVERY WEEK FOR ALMOST 2 YRS I GOT THE RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT TO ANY HALF UNEDUCATED PERSON LIKE YOURSELF...OTHERWISE!!!
    WHE YOU GET YOUR FACTS TOGETHER AND PROOF ME OTHERWISE...THEN I WILL GET LOST., IN THE MEAN TIME SHUT YOUR HOLE!!!!!!!
    January 30, 2009 at 1:37 AM
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  1. DeezNuts

    HotelChatter Member

    haha

    if you are living the so called high life, holding a lease to your own apartment, then why the fuck are you on here like a bitch complaining? Why are you so interested in what goes on here? You moved out, yippe ! now get fucking lost ! No one gives 2 flying shits whether you can produce 2 or 20 years of receipts. You should be fucking happy you dont live at that place anymore....
    February 7, 2009 at 3:06 PM
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  1. jorgeE

    HotelChatter Member

    .. you gotta take from where it comes from- a TPT

    ME..:...NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR HALF EDUCATED,HALF SOPHISTICATED,HALF UNCIVILIZED LIFE.., OR FOR THAT MATTER YOUR PARTNERS IN CRIME WHO LIVE ON THAT GOD FORESAKEN 4TH FLOOR...!
    interested only in letting others know the truth of what you're trying to do...!
    YOU DON'T LIKE THAT..? BECAUSE WE DON'T FALL FOR YOUR LIES..?; OR WE DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR PRACTICES...?
    TOUGH ...,AND GET USED TO IT
    I am very happy where I am  A..hole!!
    you should know the difference when someone is "complaining like a bitch.."
    since you 're the one that does it regularly on this site!!!
    I'll get lost when I say I get lost...you piece of TPT!!!
    BTW:you guys thought you had NYC Council Woman Christine Quinn on your side..??
    guess again... on her desk as we speak she has a letter that's explosive/revealing enough in detail about what  your "buddys" have been up to ,documented for her pleasure.
    April 12, 2009 at 3:53 AM
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