Hotel Gansevoort
Billboard & Hotel Gansevoort update
The battle against the illegal billboards at Hotel Gansevoort continues, as reported by Ivy Brown, we are currently looking into the garden of ono at the gansevoort hotel and it’s illeagel entrance on hudson street, (by law all should enter through the restaurant on 13th street). i am a big supporter of protesting the... »
Liquor License Hearing: PM Lounge, the other not-so-great neighbor, applies for license in old Sasha space
PM Lounge doesn’t get much action in these pages, because the complaints about PM Lounge are, well, a little boring. They aren’t false, and they certainly don’t lack serioussness, they’re just unchanging. How do you make news out of that? Case-in-point: In May of ’05, almost exactly two years ago, the emails were flying... »
Hotel Gansevoort – Leaving Trash on our street
Ugh, not only are they erecting a hideously ugly billboard, but the billboard base has now taken the space where Hotel Gansevoort used to keep their trash, so now we have to walk by their massive loads of trash heaped on the sidewalk every day. Aren’t there rules about where and how you can... »
Hotel Gansevoort Picket
Join Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation for an informational picket outside the Hotel next Thursday, February 22nd, from noon to 2 pm. E-mail gvshp@gvshp.org if you can make it. »
Call-A-Thon: Hotel Gansevoort
What can you do protest the monstrously inappropriate billboard that Hotel Gansevoort is erecting? Call the Hotel Gansevoort as many times as you can at 212/206-6700 and 877/426-7386 (toll free) to let the hotel know that you are outraged about the billboards on Hudson Street and want them removed. If they try to refer... »
Frustrated by the newest Billboard?
Lots of Government officials and community organizations (like GVSHP) are organized to fight the trashy billboard that threatens to soon over-illuminate our skies, and clash with the historic feel of our neighborhood. Check back here to see what you can do. ****Update: 3/23: City (DOB) agrees that Billboards are in violation of zoning regulations. ... »
Gansevoort Hotel? Welcome to the Hood!
By God, I think they’ve done it! (By God, I think we’ve done it!) The new exhaust has been connected at the Hotel Gansevoort and it appears that the disruptive noise generated by the restaurant’s fan will no longer be an issue. The saga is over! Is it true? Are you happy? Write in... »
TOWN HALL Report – June 30
What up? So there was a much smaller showing at State Senator Tom Duane’s recent Town Hall than there was at the meeting last Winter. Tom (excuse me, State Senator Tom Duane), was hopeful that the small attendance pointed to fewer egregious problems. He may be right, but it must also have been due,... »
June 22 – A Day of Silence
Sources inform me (oh, yes, I have sources) that in order to finish (and resolve) the noise issues, the exhaust fans at the Hotel Gansevoort will need to be shut down from approximately 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on June 22, 2005. Hopefully, this will be the measure the hotel takes that succesfully eradicates... »
Hotel Gansevoort – An update and a recap
I have the latest report from Hotel Gansevoort regarding the intolerable noise that emanates from their generators: a new promise to be finished ‘within 30 days‘! hmmm… sounds nice, but can we trust them? I want to believe, but I’m not even able to muster up cautious optimism. Before you denounce me a far-gone... »
30 Seconds of Fame
A report on the CB2 meeting in the irreverent words of Ms. Marge Colt: Well, I went to the meeting. For those who have never attended the monthly meeting of the full board of CB2 it is an odd event attended by very odd people. I felt more than normal, like a girl from... »
A New Posting from Hotel Gansevoort
An update from Hotel G: “Work continues this week on reducing the noise from the ventilation system from our restaurant. We need to reduce the amount of air the fan uses — to do this we had to order a new, custom-made fan belt pulley which is scheduled to arrive by the middle of... »
Residents Write In – Is it still noisy?
So, what with my crazy work schedule, whenever i’m around, so is the construction crew for watershaft 27b, making it a bit difficult to figure out just where the various noises are coming from. If it weren’t so awful, I’d have to laugh at the irony that the noise from the DEP-sanctioned construction site... »
HSA condemns Hotel Gansevoort’s broken promise
HORATIO STREET ASSOCIATION 83 Horatio Street New York City, New York 10014 May 6, 2005 Mr. Elon Henchington Manager Director Hotel Gansevoort 18 Ninth Avenue New York City, NY 10014 Dear Elon Henchington, Your April 6 gathering at the Hotel Gansevoort was clearly a gesture to reassure the community that the Hotel wishes to... »
Can you hear what I hear?
So I’ve been out of town and am today blogging from the wastelands north of our little village, nonetheless, the question on my mind is: has the Hotel Gansevoort noise ceased? I know that the work started yesterday and continues today and the both the owners and Mr. Chodorow were on the property as... »
Hotel Gansevoort Re-Inforces Pledge to Community
viaMichael Lindenbaum of the Hotel Gansevoort: Recognizing our 30-day commitment to the community to remedy the fan noise, we wanted to provide you with an update on what Hotel Gansevoort is doing, as is it important to us to remain in good standing with the community. To that end, on Tuesday, May 6th –... »
A Slap on the Wrist for Hotel Gansevoort turns into a COURT DATE!
Via an anonymous neighbor who spoke with Inspector Pacqua at the DEP: A couple of weeks ago the hotel was issued its second violation for the intolerable noise it generates and a court date has been scheduled for May 11, 2005. Depending on what the judge says, a cease and desist may be issued... »
Report – Dishy news from the Annual Horatio Street Association Meeting
News first (er, gossip): The renovation where the Woolco building was? To become retail space and offices for THEORY – - more twiggy models to stride our streets. Although I’m sure the (rumored) new Emeril restaurant in the space next to PM will bring ‘em too. With all that traffic, it’s been suggested we... »
