Thursday, January 26, 2012

André Balazs on his 'more quiet' Standard

Over at Grub Street today, Mara Siegler chats with hotelier André Balazs, who talks a bit about his latest property — the Cooper Square Hotel The Standard East Village. To the soundbites!

"It’s a more residential, more quiet — more introspective, if you will — Standard."

And!

"There will not be a nightclub, and the chef — we’re talking to a bunch of people now and it will be a very dramatic redesign of the space, but it won’t be a nightclub."
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8 comments:

  1. Marty WombacherJanuary 26, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    "but it won’t be a nightclub."

    Of course not, it'll be a 7-Eleven. Or a Starbucks. Or a Subway...

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2012 at 5:54 PM

    I have to to say there are so many worthless blogs out there but your is really cool. keep up the great work.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2012 at 6:49 PM

    the new hotel maybe 'quiet' aurally, but it' d still be loud visually

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  4. jdxJanuary 26, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    i totally can't wait to not be able to get in there.

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  5. Matt_LESJanuary 26, 2012 at 7:20 PM

    You know what, get the fuck out of here.

    While laughing boy has got that bunch on folks working on ideas, maybe they could also make themselves useful, and conduct a search around Cooper Square- for my will to live. After having listened to this nickempoop's half baked ideas, I seemed to have lost it somewhere.

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  6. Big BrotherJanuary 26, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    The old incarnation was quiet too... that's why they sold it!

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2012 at 9:42 PM

    I had some epic nights at the Trilby. Hahahahahahahahaha!

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  8. Ken from Ken's KitchenJanuary 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Introspective, yes. The Standard will be just perfect for new age musicians, reclusive novelists, and/or eastern mystics on sabbaticals to NYC's EV.

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