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Crosby Street Hotel Still Set For a September Opening

Where: 270 Lafayette St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10012

The scene at the site of the Crosby Street in March.

We think that after nearly two years of delays it's totally fair of us to be getting impatient with the progress of the Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo. We've even started to get skeptical about their promised September 2009 opening.

But perhaps we should have a bit more faith. The Firmdale website still says September, and it's getting close enough for them to know whether a major delay will be happening (or so we like to believe). That, and the media is twittering with tidbits of information, like the fact that Jakob Hansen, currently general manager at one of Firmdale's London hotels, Charlotte Street, will be crossing the pond to take up the job at Crosby Street.

Once they've got Crosby Street up and running, the London-based Firmdale gang are planning to really take on New York — well, at least to open two more hotels in the city. Hopefully they won't take quite as long as the first one.