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If The Cooper Square Hotel Turned Into A Standard, What Would It Look Like?

Where: 25 Cooper Square [map], New York, NY, United States, 10003

We've heard rumblings that Cooper Square Hotel will probably turn into a Standard Hotel now that hottie hotelier Andre Balazs owns the place. AB's involvement with the hotel was already public knowledge when his signature was discovered on some liquor license documents back in September.

Now, after the initial shock waves have settled, we're starting to wonder: what exactly is in store for this bizarre, overlooked hotel located in Manhattan's thriving East Village? Though only two miles from the Standard, the crowds here differ greatly from those of the Meatpacking District. But will the hotel, under the new Balazs regime, adapt?

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The Easiest Job Of Annie O's Life

Moroccan-born publicist Annie Ohayon has found her perfect job: curating a music series on top of Manhattan's Cooper Square Hotel. And she wants everyone to come. On Sunday, we caught African duo Amadou and Mariam performing there and saw just how popular the free concert series has become.

Angelique Kidjo, Moby and DJ Spooky have all made appearances at the lofty venue, whose stage is simply a mic stand in a corner of the room. Audience members who don't want to squeeze inside the penthouse studio can remain on the wraparound terrace, enjoying the views, and still get to enjoy the entire show. For a hotel that had been threatening to change ownership, this place was—at least on Sunday night—in high demand.

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Tonight's The Night For The Gotham Hotel's Tenpenny Restaurant

Where: 16 E 46th St. [map], New York, NY, United States, 10017

After a press preview last night, the Gotham Hotel's new restaurant, Tenpenny, will open for dinner service tonight. With the Trilby at the Cooper Square Hotel opening the doors six days ago, Tenpenny is the second food-and-bev operation in Klaus Ortlieb's mini-pire to open in the past week.

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Gregory Peck and Matt Moss: They Was Just Frontin'

Cooper Square Hotel, September 2007.

A while back we wrote about how hotelier Gregory Peck was definitely still involved in the Cooper Square Hotel project but as we did, we noticed some obvious cracks in the friendship/work relationship with co-developer Matt Moss.

We couldn't get Matt Moss to speak with us and even verifying the Peck-Moss partnership with Moss' people was somewhat of a struggle. Nevertheless, we learned that Peck was still in on an ownership level and that Cooper Square would be opening sometime in April 2008.

But then we received a tip from HotelChatter reader Low Pro who says that Matt Moss is pursuing another partnership with Cooper Square's general manager Klaus Ortlieb.

I know for a fact that Matt Moss and Klaus Ortlieb were pursuing a deal here in NYC under the company name of MK Hotels. According to a friend who went to Penn with Moss, they are planning on pursuing deals on the strength of Klaus' reputation with Andre [Balazs] and THOR and Matt's experience first with Related and then as a strip mall developer in Long Island.

As for what's happened between Moss and Peck, Low Pro says its a united front strictly for the hotel opening but that they are not partners anymore. Who knows if Low Pro's info is spot on, but if it is, it sure does fill in some holes. Either way, don't expect anymore hotels from PeckMoss ever again.

As for MKHotels, we already found a website under that name but its for Molinaro Koger and they offer hotel real estate advisory and brokerage services. So we're thinking whatever MK Hotels deals are going on are probably still in the pipe dream stage.

Whose team are you on--Team Peck or Team MossKlaus? Comment here.

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· Gregory Peck Talks Cooper Square [HotelChatter]