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Cooper Square is Still Alive and Rising But a Liquor License is Looking Doubtful

July 20, 2007 at 1:04 PM | 0 Comments

Last time we checked in on the The Cooper Square Hotel there was some speculation that the hotel was being torn down before it even began. But  alas, the hotel will continue to rise.

Meanwhile, Eater reports that the hotel was pretty much denied a liquor license for their outdoor terrace due to lack of organization and political skills. However, the Bowery Hotel folk were able to get theirs using all the right moves. Or whatever, we just felt like referencing Tom Cruise's early days.

[Photo: Professor Bop]

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· Cooper Square Hotel No More [HotelChatter]

Hotel Hype

Cooper Square Hotel No More?

July 6, 2007 at 12:15 PM | 0 Comments

Curbed is speculating today that the Cooper Square Hotel project might be over.

The site has posted numerous pictures (like this one) of the construction and reports that construction crews have been "seen using jack hammers to chew away at those crazy concrete columns" meaning that the hotel could be a tear down before it has even opened.

Which isn't that surprising given all the  drama with Gregory Peck and his PeckMoss development company which crashed and burned not too long ago. But to hack down a building that's half-way up is a big deal. Curbed has some ideas as to who or what could be behind this and commenters on the story are saying something was built wrong so they had to tear it down.

Either way, it's just another example of overzealous developers and feuding hoteliers who never seem to get the job done.

Related Stories:
· Cooper Square Hotel a Tear Down Before It's Even Up? [Curbed]

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck Still Out at Cooper Square

May 2, 2007 at 9:05 AM | 0 Comments

Yesterday a curious tipster asked us if it was really true that Manhattan hotelier Gregory Peck was kicked off the Cooper Square hotel project, saying there was a rumor going around that Peck would handle "money and PR stuff."

Today, we learn our tipster answered their own question. They write in:

Peck is totally out of the Cooper Square Hotel project. [Mark] Moss might have worded it like Peck isn't with us anymore. I don't know if he used the word "fired" but definitely said Peck is gone.

Ok, now that that's squared away anybody interested in buying Peckmoss.com?

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· Is Gregory Peck Still Onboard at the Cooper Square Hotel Project? [HotelChatter]

Gregory Peck

Is Gregory Peck Still Onboard at the Cooper Square Hotel Project?

May 1, 2007 at 4:14 PM | 0 Comments

The last time we checked in on the Cooper Square Hotel project, Gawker reported that Gregory Peck (yes, the hotelier, not the actor) had been removed from the venture.

But a tipster who lives next door to the site has heard differently:

I live right next door to the site. Myself and my neighbors were extremely happy to hear this since we see first hand how much Peck and Moss are stepping all over their neighbors and neighborhood with this project. (We have a protest movement going so to speak with our own newsgroup about it, clandestine flyers, public meetings, etc). Anyway someone at my building got word that that wasn't true. That Peck has only been assigned to handle money matters and Peck will do all the PR stuff. (This was heard by someone in the community board 3).

Anyways, I was just wondering if you are sure what you have heard is still true.

Well, we can tell you one thing--the PeckMoss website is still pretty dead. Other than that, we're a little unsure of what could be happening here. Peck Moss was fired from designing the hotel but will handle money and PR? That just sounds odd.

Anyways, we'll be looking into this but send us your tips or comment below.

Related Stories:
· Gregory Peck Booted from Cooper Square Hotel Project [HotelChatter]

Manhattan Hotels

Cooper Square Hotel Full Frontal

February 15, 2007 at 4:22 PM | 2 Comments

Over at Curbed we caught our first glimpse of The Coop, Greg Peck's (of Crescent Beverly Hills Hotel fame) new Manhattan project.

The developers of the hotel, the Peckmoss Group, originally told the neighbors that this area at the corner of 5th and The Bowery would be a lush garden spot. But it seems the plants might get in the way of the hotel's party plans. The latest word is that the area will get just a wee bit of greenery. But mainly it will be an outdoor lounge--cocktails and ambient music and all. There will be another outdoor bar just above on the second floor. And yet a third bar in the basement. All right outside the neighbors' windows.

Damn. That is one big glass tower. Projects much differently than the low key, low rise Crescent.

Studio Carlos Zapata will head up the design effort. As for Gregory Peck, here is what he told us a couple week's back when we asked about The Coop:

We are not prepared to formally release any information about the project at this point other than to say that it will be a paradigm shifting project for the independent hotel industry.

Don't bother looking to the PeckMoss group website for any clues, there is nothing there. However, it seems that they are using GoDaddy, which is always a good thing.

Related Stories:
· Cooper Square Hotel Fully Revealed [Curbed]