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First Impressions: Is Chicago’s New Ivy Hotel A Little Too Green?
The in-room mini bar and work desk at Ivy Hotel Chicago, or the web of wires
Remember when The Ivy Hotel opened and we were told this would be the ultimate in Chicago boutique luxury? Ivy was aiming high but we were down with that program; who wouldn’t want to see something more beautiful and posh than the likes of Chicago’s Waldorf Astoria?
To quote that first conversation, the hotel’s managing director, James Cazares, said this of the then-forthcoming Ivy: “There is no one else in the city who will be so small and so luxurious.” Even the hotel website starts with this: “Welcome to The Best Of Boutique Hotels in Chicago.”
Sigh. We recently stopped by the hotel after its opening last month and are sad to report it doesn’t quite reach that pinnacle of luxury. Though the boutique hotel has definitely made good on its promise to build a green property, another kind of green vibe is showing up and reflects a newbie hotel that may need some time to pull it together.
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A Look Inside the Rooms at Hyatt Union Square and More on Those Reversible Headboards
Welcome to Design Thursdays! This is our day to focus on hotel design through photo tours, video walk-throughs and interviews with hotel designers. Got a cool hotel design story we should know about? Let us know.
Today we have a super special treat--a sneak peek inside the forthcoming Hyatt Union Square in Manhattan (above) AND an interview with Morag Macpherson, a textile artist based in Scotland who did the fabric designs and supply for the hotel's reversible headboard patterns. Yes, reversible! After all, this Hyatt did want to be design-forward than other Hyatt hotels. So now, let's dig in!
