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The Scary Skinny Hotel on E. 46th Street Will Be Known as The Gotham

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 16 East 46th Street [map], New York, NY, United States
October 8, 2010 at 3:35 PM | by | Comments (3)

UPDATE 10.10.10: There is a website for The Gotham Hotel as well as an updated exterior shot below. Also, the Real Deal article was actually written in August so the hotel didn't quite make the "next month" deadline but keep sending in the tips if you've got 'em.

Nearly a year ago, we received some snapshots from a tipster of a scary skinny hotel going up on East 46th Street but we had no idea what hotel this was going to turn into. So we asked you dear readers for some help and got radio silence instead.

But now it looks like the hotel will open as The Gotham Hotel, a tribute to the old Gotham Book Mart that used to occupy the lot. Real Deal has the scoop on the skinny minnie:

According to the architect of the project, Damir Sehic of C3D Architecture, most of the furniture has been moved into the hotel and the restaurant on the first floor. Work on the hotel, developed by R+B Development (after Refik Radoncic and Jeffrey Bennett), may finish next month.

Next month! Indeed another helpful tipster tells us there has been "lots of activity there the past few days (incl jackhammering the sidewalk in front of the entrance.)"

So far, we haven't been able to find a website or anything but according to the Real Deal the public spaces in the hotel, including the restaurant, are meant to invoke the literary heritage of the site and neighborhood. Thus we can probably expect the Hotel Bookshelves trend to be in full effect here. Yay!

Got any more info/deetes on the Gotham Hotel? Let us know!!

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"Scary"?

While the new Gotham Hotel certainly presents a non-traditional architectural design, how does the adjective "scary" describe it? James Gardner, in his review posted at the Real Deal seems on balance to feel that it was pulled off reasonably successfully.
brucebensetler on October 9, 2010 at 11:01 AM #Permalink

The NEW Gotham

What's now the Peninsula was built as the Gotham Hotel in 1905.

They went bankrupt when they couldn't get a liquor license, due to being less than 200 feet from a house of worship.

As the owners of La Goulue discovered, this rule is still in effect.  But court cases have decided that they can measure from the front door of the church to the point of sale, which is why the Peninsula can serve alcohol.

I assumed that "scary skinny" was used in the sense of "model thin."  

Miket61 on October 9, 2010 at 7:22 PM #Permalink

Clarification

I apologize, as I did make the same assumption about the use of "scary skinny". I just thought it was a poor metaphor and should have said as much.
brucebensetler on October 15, 2010 at 2:16 PM #Permalink
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