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Sniffing Around the Shell of the Crosby Street Hotel

Yesterday was a beautiful (albeit freezing cold) day for a little hotel construction reconnaissance, and so we quickly found ourselves staring up at the Soho shell which will eventually become the Crosby Street Hotel. Our last bit of news on the progress of this 85-room property, the first in America from the people behind London's popular SoHo Hotel, was to expect a September 2009 opening after originally being delayed from this month.

To this optimistic date, we say yeah, right. Seriously, by the looks of the site, they should have just gone for broke and given it until next winter, especially if they expect LEED Gold certification. Then, if they up the pace of construction and hit next September, everyone could be pleasantly surprised. Instead, with only the structure complete and no sign of interior life, we're preparing to be disappointed by another delay.