Inside the Ace Hotel

Look out Standard, the Ace Hotel is here! Last summer renderings of the establishment's interior began to circulate, as well as some more details about what the chain would bring to New York (they currently have outposts in Seattle, Portland and Palm Springs). Today we stopped by for a sneak peek inside the still unfinished hotel, located at 29th and Broadway. The room we saw had all the fun details the Ace is known for, and rumor has it that long ago the longest ever boxing match happened in the basement of the building, which is why the hotel made the bath robes look like boxing robes!

Though you won't be able to rest your head there until the end of March, they're taking reservations now with opening rates at a low $99. There's even something for locals: the latest caffeine craze, Stumptown Coffee, will be housed in the lobby.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on January 30, 2009 5:03 PM

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turtalia

Stumptown is what they serve at ninth street espresso.

I've stayed at Ace Portland. The lobby is stunning, the rest is kinda whatever. Still way cooler (and cheaper) than, say, a Hilton.

Future Taliban

Any hotel that stocks you with a bottle of Jack D is subliminally telling you that you're about to get laid.

But not the way YOU think...

jam

Grunkle, Stumptown is passe, huh. I haven't lived there for a couple years, but when I was there they were pretty much roasted the best coffee. I thought the Albina Press did a better job making espresso drink than Stumptown, but they did it with Stumptown beans. I could see getting tired of the whole Stumptown monopoly in PDX though. At least it's a great product, unlike McMeneman's which offers sub-par food and a bad sound system at a major local venue— the Crystal Ballroom.

That said, I live in NYC now and I have to work to find coffee that's as good or not quite as good as Stumptown. It's out there but not always near where I work or live. We just don't have the coffee culture of the NW.

JH4285

It does kind of look like a hipster starter apartment, but for a $99 Manhattan hotel room it's pretty darned nice. It's better than the Hotel Carter anyway.

chopp3r

I might consider accepting $99 in return for defacing that hideous fucking wallpaper.

Grunkle

Stumptown is a bit passe here in Portland, so all the fuss in NY is amusing.

DanielJ

What a shitty neighborhood. Even a hipster hotel can't aid in gentrification. Maybe a few years ago, but definitely not anymore. Guests at this hotel will have to deal with streets clogged with African and Asian chintz merchants for years to come.

brandonz

They have Stumptown Coffee at Sweet Leaf in Long Island City, too.

tingo

Looks like a college dorm.

frankbooth

Screw the hotel.. Stumptown coffee is the best thing to come to NYC since FOREVER. Finally a decent espresso can be had in Manhattan.. Who would've thought??

Clarice City

Totally looks like a college bachelor pad. An assortment of beer but no food in the fridge, guitar, plaid stuff, and posters. And it even has the constant flow of strangers wandering in and out.

Clarice City

Hmmmm...do I want the Heiniken Keg, Jack Daniels or....oh! Miller High Life! ($8)

bumblebee

could have been apartments? These -were- apartments.. rent stabilized ones. I think about 30 tenants or so still remain (they refused the buyout).

I took my six figure buyout and ran all the way to brooklyn..

Qraymond

Thanks for info bumblebee-- I was not aware.

ann0yed

Looks like a crap apartment with that weak random furniture (that horrible stool especially) and big crumply ugly paper with scribbles on it sticking off the wall like some bogus purloined street art. Blargh.

-jonathan

Qraymond

Those could have been apartments. What a waste of space...

Jen Chung

Maybe—but who knows how affordable they would have been? I think it's good to have a nice-seeming relatively inexpensive hotel option to tell people about.

Qraymond

On one hand I agree with you Jen-- having affordable, clean hotels is good for the local economy.

On the other hand, considering the massive wave of illegal hotels operating in the City, and considering that despite the weakened economy we still have an affordable housing crisis, its not the best use of space.

Replacing affordable housing with hotel rooms is a disaster.