HotelChatter

The Ballroom is where we imagine everyone cramped up in those micro-hotel rooms will be hanging out most of the time. A projection screen is even built into the ceiling, assuring that there will be entertainment from time to time. Last week, the space was used for an event for the new Kate Winslet movie, "Away We Go" which was sort of ironic since this hotel was the place where the survivors of the Titanic stayed after being rescued from the doomed ship. And we're all familiar with Winslet's break-through movie, Titanic.

The place feels very much like MacPherson's other hotel, The Bowery Hotel, except on a much, much, larger scale. In other words, it looks and feels like an old European estate (or a "mansion in decline") and indeed the place is stocked with antiques and art from across the world but most of the furniture is new. (It just looks old.)

Also, this time around the Jane Ballroom will be overseen by new partners in the Sean MacPherson-Eric Goode fold. Carlos Quirarte and Matt Kliegman, the operators behind The Smile on Bond Street, will be in charge of the Jane Ballroom. And for those curious about the old Socialista space, when we were there, construction crews were at work turning the space into a cafe. For now, it's just drinks only in the Jane Ballroom.