Gramercy Park Hotel

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Gramercy Park Hotel
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General information
Location2 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, United States
Coordinates40°44′19″N 73°59′09″W / 40.7385°N 73.9858°W / 40.7385; -73.9858
Opening1925
OwnerMCR Hotels
ManagementManhattan Hospitality Advisors
Design and construction
Architect(s)Robert T. Lyons
DeveloperBing and Bing
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Gramercy Park Hotel was a luxury hotel located at 2 Lexington Avenue, in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, adjacent to the park of the same name. It was known for its rich history. Originally opened in 1925, the hotel ceased operations in 2020 and was purchased by MCR Hotels in 2023 with plans to re-open in 2025.

History

Gramercy Park Hotel was designed by Robert T. Lyons and built by the developer brothers Bing & Bing from 1924–1925, with an official opening in 1925.[1] A westward extension along Gramercy Park North – a continuation of East 21st Street – was designed by the firm of Thompson & Churchill and built in 1929–1930. Both wings were designed in Renaissance Revival style.[2][3] The hotel occupies the site of the former homes of the flamboyant architect Stanford White, political leader and defender of agnosticism Robert Ingersoll and lawyer-diarist George Templeton Strong.[3][4]

S.J. Perelman maintained his residence there, dying in his room in 1979.[3]

In 1958 Herbert Weissberg, a prominent New York hotel owner, bought the hotel. In 1964, Weissberg (with the help of his long time advisor, the prominent Attorney Herbert Mendelson of Herrick Feinstein), sold the hotel to Wellington Associates for $3 million, but the Weissberg Corporation continued to operate the hotel under a long-term lease.

Madonna, Debbie Harry, and David Bowie.[10]

By the late 1990s the hotel's ratings began to decline, as Weissberg's health began to fail. His sons fought for control[

Roxy nightclub. A bar was added to the roof but the restaurant closed. It began to attract a younger clientele and the prices began to increase rapidly. Following Weissberg's death in 2003 Gramercy Park Hotel was sold to Ian Schrager and Aby Rosen, who renovated the hotel in collaboration with artist Julian Schnabel. Schnabel designed the interiors, many fixtures and furniture pieces throughout the hotel. In 2010, Schrager sold his interest in the hotel to Rosen.[11] The Rose Bar anchored the hotel, along with the Jade Bar and rooftop Gramercy Terrace restaurant. It was also home to Danny Meyer's Maialino, which served Italian cuisine.[12] The hotel exhibited paintings by noted artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Julian Schnabel, Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol
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The hotel ceased operations in March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic[13] and it was announced in December 2020 that Rosen's hotel business faced eviction from the structure, because RFR was $900,000 behind on ground lease payments to Solil Management (the estate of developer Sol Goldman), which owns the land underneath. Rosen had been leasing the property for $5.3 million per year.[14] MCR Hotels acquired the lease to the hotel in 2023,[15] with plans to re-open the hotel in 2025.[16]

In popular culture

Gramercy Park Hotel is mentioned in pop culture history books[17] and has been a filming location for numerous films. It was used by Martin Scorsese for rehearsals and pre-production for the 1973 film Mean Streets. He also used Room 1501 to film a scene for Raging Bull.[18] It was also used by Cameron Crowe, who filmed scenes in its lobby for the film Almost Famous.[17]

Renowned Argentine rock musicians and singer-songwriters Charly García and Pedro Aznar, two of the most important artists in their country's history, jointly created the song Gramercy Park Hotel, as a track in their 1986 maxi single album Tango.[19] The song Oh God by Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time, found on their August 2003 album Keep Going, mentions the Gramercy Park Hotel. The song was written by Stephen Duffy as a personal response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center complex in 2001, during which he was a guest at the hotel.[20]

Hotel Gramercy Park, a

Tribeca Film Festival in April 2008,[21] chronicles the hotel's history during the Weissberg era, the turmoil that plagued his family, and Schrager's renovation.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b Lin, Sarah Belle (October 4, 2022). "See inside the historic Gramercy Park Hotel's liquidation sale, where people wait in line for hours and spend thousands on artwork, embroidered chairs, and plush pillows". Business Insider. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Gramercy Park Hotel". Gramercy Park Neighborhood Associates.
  3. ^
    OCLC 40227695
  4. ISBN 0-8050-7776-6
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  5. ^ Bernard, Sarah (July 8, 2002). "Heartbreak Hotel". New York. Retrieved July 30, 2007. After a few minutes in the penthouse party space where Humphrey Bogart married Helen Menken, Marilyn said good-bye and took the elevator eighteen floors down to the lobby.
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    ISBN 1-56691-796-4
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  7. ^ "The Gramercy Park Hotel is Sold". The New York Times. November 23, 1964.
  8. ISBN 0-306-81287-8
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  9. ISBN 0-634-08240-X
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  10. ISBN 0-312-30155-3
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  11. ^ "Past Projects". Ian Schrager Company.
  12. ^ "Maialino Makes the NYC Scene". Zagat.com. November 18, 2009. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017.
  13. ^ Moses, Dean (December 23, 2020). "Gramercy Park Hotel set to be evicted this month after COVID-19 shutters the establishment for months". amNewYork.
  14. ^ "Aby Rosen's Gramercy Park Hotel May Face Eviction". The Real Deal. December 22, 2020.
  15. ^ Karmin, Craig (January 21, 2024). "New York's Famous Gramercy Park Hotel to Reopen After Renovations Under New Operator". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  16. ^ Lazar, David (August 26, 2023). "Gramercy Park Hotel to reopen in 2025, new operator says". Spectrum News NY1. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
    Rahmanan, Anna (September 11, 2023). "The Gramercy Park Hotel will officially reopen in 2025". Time Out New York. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  17. ^ a b Raymundo, Oscar (June 20, 2017). "How Gramercy Park Hotel Redefined Its Signature Cool for a New Generation". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  18. ^ Weissberg, Max (March 11, 2018). "Inside the Gramercy: The Grit and Glamour of New York's Rock & Roll Hotel". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  19. ^ Charly García - Pedro Aznar - Gramercy Park Hotel - [1986, Tango] on YouTube
  20. ^ "Blues Fell This Morning : The Lilac Time".
  21. ^ "Hotel Gramercy Park". Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  22. ^ "Hotel Gramercy Park (documentary)". Hotel Gramercy Park. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010.

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