The Standard Hotel - 848 Washington Street - by Polshek Partnership Architects

[BrooklynRider]

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4. Under the Highline
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5. Cafe Area in Front of the Entrance
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6. Entrance
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[brianac]

Our Spying on The Standard NYC Reveals Their Restaurant

http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotel_website.gif (http://www.standardhotels.com/new-york-city/) Where: 848 Washington Street [map] (http://maps.google.com/?q=848%20Washington%20Street%2C%2010014), New York (http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/us/NY/New%20York), NY (http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/North%20America/us/NY), United States (http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/North%20America/us), 10014 (http://www.hotelchatter.com/zip/10014)

April 6, 2009 at 12:13 PM

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Occasionally, we find ourselves strolling through just the right parts of Manhattan at just the right times, and luckily for us and for The Standard (http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795)'s hype, things always seem to happen at the Meatpacking District hotel when we're around to snap them.

Case in point: We took a walk on a lovely evening and happened to roll by The Standard just as workers were removing the paper from the windows of the street-level restaurant, revealing tables already set and booths so round and so red that we started to drool at the thought of sinking our tushies into them. According to Eater (http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:B1by0yF30PsJ:eater.com/archives/2008/12/plywood_special_standard_hotels_restaurant_and_out door_drinking_plans_fully_revealed.php+eater+stand ard+hotel+restaurant&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari), this is the setting for what will be a steakhouse from Dan Silverman, formerly of the trendy Midtown East eatery Lever House. From these first shots, however, we're getting less of a chophouse vibe from the space and more bistro; this is going to a booming brunch spot no matter what.

http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/StandardResto2.jpg

Set for "Spring 2009," which we are on the cusp of right now, the restaurant will be the first of other dining nooks to come at The Standard.

Expect a biergarten underneath the High Line tracks, a possible smaller cafe tucked away, and a few bars and lounges (notably, the top-level lookout).
For more pictures of our Standard Hotel snooping, check out the Flickr Set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetsetcd/sets/72157610605948343/).

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/6/112032/9798/hotels/Our_Spying_on_The_Standard_NYC_Reveals_Their_Resta urant

© Condé Nast Digital 2009

[BrooklynRider]

I wonder if this will have a similar life to the Maritime Hotel on Ninth Ave & 17th. I can't help comparing the two, although the river views will let this retain some allure.

[Shadly]

Who's going to pony up and trash a room here ala "Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas"?

[lofter1]

Clearly Mr Ouroussoff wont't be trashing this place ...

Industrial Sleek (a Park Runs Through It)

NY TIMES (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/arts/design/09pols.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion)
By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
April 9, 2009

Slideshow (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/08/arts/design/20080409-polshek-slideshow_index.html)

It would be easy to dismiss the new Standard Hotel in the meatpacking district as a final shout-out to the age of excess. The entire area, whose trendy shops and cafes must still contend with the occasional whiff of rotten meat, reflects a development culture run amok.

Well, that would be a mistake. The boutique hotel, designed by Polshek Partnership, is serious architecture. The first of a string of projects linked to the development of the High Line, a park being built on a segment of abandoned elevated rail tracks, the new building’s muscular form is strong enough to stand up to both its tacky neighbors and the area’s older industrial structures. Its location, on Washington Street at West 13th Street, exploits the clash of scales that has always been a gripping aspect of the city’s character.

In short, it is the kind of straightforward, thoughtfully conceived building that is all too rare in the city today.

Part of this is due to its stunning position. The partially open hotel — 19 floors and 337 rooms — is the only new building that rises directly over the elevated park. The towering structure is supported on massive concrete pillars, while a ground-floor restaurant and garden cafe are tucked underneath the High Line’s hefty steel frame.

I admit to some mixed feelings about the restaurant. Clad in recycled brick, it’s meant to reflect the neighborhood’s old identity as the city’s meat market. A slick black metal canopy is a spiffed-up version of the decrepit canopies that once lined the neighborhood’s sidewalks, without the beef carcasses. The garden’s brick paving and industrial light fixtures look quaintly European. Over all the effect feels about as genuine as a Hollywood back lot.

Still, Polshek smartly plays up the contrast between these spaces and the tough brick, concrete and steel structures that surround it. From the garden cafe people can look up at the High Line’s gorgeous steel underbelly. One of the most enticing fire stairs runs down the side of a concrete leg supporting the hotel, crashing down on the restaurant’s roof before tumbling out on the sidewalk.

Polshek was also careful to segregate the various entries — to the hotel, restaurant and a lounge that will open this summer on the 18th floor — so that hotel guests won’t feel as though they are trapped in an entertainment hell for 20-somethings. (The Standard’s owner, André Balazs, is negotiating with the city to create a more direct connection between the hotel and the High Line, which would significantly diminish this effect as well as compromise the park’s public quality.)

It’s only once you get off the ground, however, that you appreciate the design’s true flair. The hotel is set at a slight angle to the High Line (part of which is to open in June), creating a delicious tension as its deck passes underneath. The building bends slightly near the center, giving it a more streamlined appearance in the skyline and orienting the rooms toward the most spectacular views. To the southwest the facade is angled toward a sweeping view across the Hudson River to the Statue of Liberty. To the northeast, guests look out across jagged rooftops to the Empire State Building.

This sense of floating within the city is reinforced by the arrangement of some of the rooms. The rectangular ones on the south side of the building are laid out with their long side along floor-to-ceiling windows. The effect is to bring you up closer to the glass, so that you feel as though you were suspended in midair, with the city just underneath your feet. (Mr. Balazs confessed to an instant of vertigo when he first stepped into one of these rooms.)

These are simple but powerful moves. And they are a reminder that enveloping a structure in a flamboyant wrapper is not always the most effective way to create lasting architecture. In the wrong hands, too much creative freedom can be outright dangerous.

With the Standard Hotel, Polshek Partnership joins a handful of other midlevel firms that are beginning to find the right balance between innovation and restraint. These include the designers of the Bank of America building in Midtown and 1 Madison Park, two projects under construction that suggest a revival of the kind of smart, sleek and confident architecture popularized by architects as diverse as Morris Lapidus and Gordon Bunshaft in the 1950s and ’60s. Those architects didn’t want to start a revolution; they wanted to make glamorous buildings.

Whether this trend will survive the current financial climate, of course, is another matter.

Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

[BrooklynRider]

I wandered by this on Thursday night and it does look pretty sweet lit up.

[kz1000ps]

4/14... definitely one of the better developments of the decade:

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PS: what's the building under construction just to its north?

[ZippyTheChimp]

It's the High Line Building (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6196&page=2)

[antinimby]

Those yellow tables and benches are just silly looking. They belong in a playground, not in front of an expensive, supposedly "chic" hotel.

[ItstheBeat]

^ Apparently retro mod is the new chic.

[kz1000ps]

I'm surprised they didn't throw in some supergraphics while they were at it.

[ablarc]

LeCorbusier's second proxy building in New York. (The first is the U.N.)

[Alonzo-ny]

Would Corb have gone with the kink in the building?

[antinimby]

...or the stilts?

[Alonzo-ny]

Stilts or Pilotis were one of his 5 points.

[lofter1]

Super-graphics (http://api.ning.com/files/AXqMWnyuJDFBxxath5-BR39q2yAeDkL3k6Pq*wCdebZ1iCh2P-LaeyqBkF2YL9PCZE1B1jDoJ2UCMtHnsNZFxW6mdA19b4rG/standardNYC_rendering.jpg) (topsy turvy) still to come.

[kz1000ps]

Ha! I speaketh too sooneth.

[meesalikeu]

i'm not sure they are going with that red signage anymore. if you look back above you can see they lined the section that would be the red upside down standard sign with nice brickwork.

otoh with those goofy yellow playpen patio benches who knows? i don't put it past them either.

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btw i scored a hardhat tour in may for the nearby old cudahy warehouse/highline building redevelopment, so i am excited about that.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Those yellow tables and benches are just silly looking. They belong in a playground, not in front of an expensive, supposedly "chic" hotel.Yeah, wrong color, but I don't think chic would be good.

Maybe safety orange, but a little toned down.

Those lamps also seem wrong.

[lofter1]

Fill that "public" outdoor space with young beauties and it well be just great.

Summer nights there will be full of fun.

[BrooklynRider]

You mean with the velvet ropes and goomba bouncers intimidating passerby's to walk on the other side of the street?

[lofter1]

I was thinking of something else altogether ...

[ItstheBeat]

Im excited to check it out. Although I'm a little disappointed they didn't add a rooftop bar/ pool area like the Standard in downtown LA.

[ablarc]

Those lamps also seem wrong.
Sure do.

[Derek2k3]

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[BrooklynRider]

This is the numero uno building for those with a voyeuristic vein. I walk by the river a lot. I have alaways seen people in all stages of undress or having sex through those windows. Last weekend a guy was going at it with a girl and she pulled her top off. To keep her in the mood and prove that no one could see in, he waved to the people on the park path below. I thought I weas the only one watching, but, as he waved, about ten people all around me also raised their hands and waved back. He quickly closed the curtains.:D

[Derek2k3]

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/03/09/curbedwire_boutique_hotel_moon_wars_rialto_gets_a_ tco.php#reader_comments

[Jasonik]

The Standard is built environment curmudgeon (http://www.concentric.net/~marlowe/curdef.shtml) James Howard Kunstler's Eyesore of the Month, May 2009 (http://kunstler.com/eyesore.html) - "decadence at its purest."

[jneyde]

I watched this place go up from my window and out walking one day I said to my girl What is that a new jail by the water...like who ever this person is that designed this needs there head checked..Is he on psy meds?
I cant believe this is blocking my view. People are out there like fools acting like they dont smell the old garbage from three days ago...I just let my dog take a poop on the side of the disaster building and keep it moving...People in NYC will pay for anything..

[ablarc]

I just let my dog take a poop on the side of the disaster building...
That must have helped (the disaster).

Is there still a pooper-scooper law in New York? (Helps curb anti-social behavior.)

jneyde, you seem like an idiot.

[kz1000ps]

Drive-by postings are always pretty gruesome...

[MidtownGuy]

Is there still a pooper-scooper law in New York?

It doesn't seem like they do a good job enforcing it. The other day I saw a guy's dog leave a nasty pile right in the middle of a crowded sidewalk and they just walked away. Two minutes later some poor woman walked right through it and became very upset. I wanted to go vigilante on him.

[BrooklynRider]

I cant believe this is blocking my view.

This is the crux of the problem.

Views come and go in New York City. Once they are gone, they seem to be more appreciated than when they were open and available.

[MidtownGuy]

Is the exterior totally done? I hope I don't get slammed for saying this but I liked the rendering better because it incorporated a bit of color...the red with the upside sign at the bottom, a bit of blue in the facade, it had a funky gas station aesthetic. This is a bit joyless. Cool...but joyless.

[Merry]

Brutalist monster IMO, but the rooms and the (exterior ;)) view are nice....

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March 29, 2009
Check In, Check Out

Hotel Review: The Standard in New York City

By FRED A. BERNSTEIN (http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=FRED%20A.%20BERNSTEIN&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=FRED%20A.%20BERNSTEIN&inline=nyt-per)

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THE BASICS

It’s hard to think of a hotel that has generated as much buzz as the Standard (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/new-york-city/hotel-detail.html?vid=1194838924357&inline=nyt-classifier). The owner, André Balazs (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/andre_balazs/index.html?inline=nyt-per) (who runs sister hotels in Los Angeles (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/california/los-angeles/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo) and Miami Beach), hired Polshek Partnership Architects to create a concrete and glass slab on stilts, an architectural tour de force that has fascinated motorists along the West Side of Manhattan. But what of the interiors? The public spaces — including a restaurant and beer garden (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/gardens/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier) at ground level and bars and a lounge on the top two floors of the hotel — won’t open until summer. And so the crowd, which will most likely be young and chic, has yet to descend. No matter. The rooms, it turns out, have a lot to recommend them. And during the soft opening (with about two-thirds of the 337 rooms in service), $195 covers not just accommodations but breakfast for two, with a view.

THE LOCATION

Every room has views of the Hudson River and either Midtown or Lower Manhattan. Yet despite the near-waterfront location, the Standard doesn’t feel remote. Most of the meatpacking district hot spots are in shouting distance. And the proximity of Eighth Avenue and 14th Street means subway and bus options are many. The High Line, the city’s newest park, which is scheduled to open this spring, is (literally) under the hotel.

THE ROOM

A compact rectangle with floor-to-ceiling windows at one end. But the small space manages to hold an extremely comfortable queen bed with perfect reading lights for two; a banquette that wraps around an oblong table (ingeniously adjustable to the right height for eating, working or game-playing); a flat-screen TV set in a wooden box, so you’re not looking at wires or clamps; and a hutch containing a minibar and the ingredients for margaritas, cosmos and mojitos. It’s all in a cheerful mod style.

THE BATHROOM

The toilet has its own cubicle; the rest of the bathroom opens onto the bedroom. That means you can see out while you’re showering or shaving. But openness has its downside: In our case, a room service delivery arrived when one of us was in the shower. And, because the bathroom doesn’t have a door, the entire room steamed up as soon as the hot water was turned on. (Through fogged windows, the stunning view became a dripping mess.) And the shower is in a wide, deep tub, which requires careful entrances and exits. But there’s nothing to hold on to except for a flimsy glass partition — which seems like a recipe for disaster.

ROOM SERVICE

For dinner, we ordered a couple of entrees, plus soup and a simple dessert. Every single item was terrific, including the delectable roast chicken, beautifully cooked salmon with asparagus, and apple fennel soup. And the prices were dirt cheap by hotel standards ($12 to $14 for entrees). A continental breakfast — included in the room rate during the soft opening — arrived in just 10 minutes. True, there was no tea bag for the “tea,” and no cream for the coffee, but both problems were promptly corrected.

BOTTOM LINE

When the hotel is finished this summer, the free breakfast and the pleasure of getting here before the hordes will vanish. As long as you’re comfortable in a small space — and make allowances for the multi-dysfunctional shower — the soft opening is hard to beat. Doubles from $195.

The Standard, 848 Washington Street, New York; (212) 645-4646; www.standardhotels.com (http://www.standardhotels.com/).

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/travel/29check.html

[Kris]

Ungainly hulk.

Wasn't this the site of Nouvel's slender project? Shame.

[lp640]

I love this!

[LeCom]

A beer garden on the lower level? Nice. Is it to be located on the High Line itself, or elsewhere?

[lofter1]

It's under the High Line along Little West 12th Street, surrounded by three sides with new olde timey 1-story brick buildings that back up onto the Standard and front onto Washington Street & LW12.

These were taken about 1 month ago; they've made lots of progress since then:

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Standard Hotel

[BrooklynRider]

It really is quite a different building at street level. It really retains the character of the neighborhood, while the tower plays directly to the highline audience.

[Merry]

A Room with a View (of Diane von Furstenberg)

http://cityfile.com/system/article_images/6072/141523.jpg?1244222189

Most people were pretty pleased when Andre Balazs (http://cityfile.com/profiles/andre-balazs)'s Standard hotel opened in the meatpacking district late last year. One person who reportedly wasn't: designer Diane von Furstenberg (http://cityfile.com/profiles/diane-von-furstenberg), who, it's said, was a little miffed that hotel guests would now be able to look out of their windows and down into her glassy penthouse apartment atop the DVF store around the corner. Balazs downplayed any reports of tension. (They'd "share views of each other," the hotelier explained (http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/01/andre_balazs_my_standard_guest.html).) But we can now see why she may not have been so thrilled by her new neighbor. Judging by these hi-res photos taken by a random hotel guest who uploaded them to Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouno/3589934553/in/photostream/)—and didn't know what he was taking pictures of—the view isn't half bad.

http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/6072

[BrooklynRider]

Hmmm... I'd like to say that her problem resonates with me - but it don't.

[scumonkey]

What is it they say about people who live in glass houses?!

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[Gulcrapek]

Random anecdote - I blew my nose while in the first floor bathroom, and the toilet flow was so weak the tissue didn't go down.

...and, um... yay for the building.

[Merry]

LOL! Bless them all :cool:.

This thread is the source of the "evidence of nudity" link :D.


Public Sex and the Standard Hotel

6/11/09 at 5:29 PM


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Photo: rhocken's Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhockens/2301412176/)


Has the handsome Standard hotel (http://nymag.com/guides/everything/new-hotels/53579/) — neighbor to the newly opened High Line, and declared this week to be the Municipal Art Society's Best New Building of 2009 — revived the meatpacking district’s seedy, sexual side? In the neighborhood that was once home to sex dungeons and street walkers, there stand 337 rooms framed by huge, non-reflective glass windows. Some months ago, hotelier André Balazs, who has cited the “exhibitionist” nature of his building, ran ads inviting guests to move into the hotel while it was still under construction. “We’ll put up with your banging if you put up with ours,” read the ad, which pictured a nicely oiled woman naked but for a tool belt, her left hand gripping the head of a long hammer. But now, it seems, passersby are actually witnessing some of this “banging.”

Our Tim Murphy found a visitor to the High Line (http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/06/video_opening_day_at_the_high.html) who spotted a naked hotel guest midway up the hotel, and there’s even some evidence of nudity (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?p=282999) online. But a couple of locals tell us they’ve witnessed more than a few simple pressed hams. Meatpacker Ricky Serling begins his day with a view of the hotel from the meat co-op on Little West 12th Street. “I’ve seen men and women, women and women, men and men [in the windows],” he says, modestly. “Lights, leather, chains. Everything.”

Marc Capano, head of security for Hogs & Heifers, who has a nightly, full-on view of the Standard from the doorway of the West 13th Street biker bar, offers more details. “I’ve seen women in the classic cop ‘up against the wall’ pose, only up against the window, while their man is behind them,” he reports. “Lights on so all can see.” And not only that. “I've seen guys [pleasuring themselves] in front of the windows. I've seen multiple women in the same room picking up and waving lamps to get our attention so they could flash” onlookers. Still to come is the Standard’s much-anticipated high-end lounge; its windows are colossal and it reportedly shares the top floors with a huge Jacuzzi and co-ed bathrooms. It could be an interesting summer near the High Line.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/06/standard_hotel.html

[kz1000ps]

All this exhibitionist behavior, and the High Line has just barely opened... can't wait for the stories to start pouring in!

[lofter1]

This past Friday they were loading in all sorts of plants / planters into the area of the Beer Garden. If the skies would only clear out and the sun heat things up a nice cold beer would be just the thing after an amble on the HL :cool: .

[londonlawyer]

Cold beers and hot babes are a great combo that this place will offer!

[DKNY617]

Cold beers and hot babes are a great combo that this place will offer!


And hot guys.

Just what some of us prefer. :D

[londonlawyer]

Agreed!

[Derek2k3]

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[MeltedTent]

A couple more pictures............
Sorry about the blurriness

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg141/Nadavyhabbo/NY09/SDC10195.jpg

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg141/Nadavyhabbo/NY09/SDC10199.jpg

[lofter1]

How's the bed?

The shower?

The views?

And The Price?

Would you go back?

[BrooklynLove]

Pressed ham hotel.

[Zoe]

I stayed there this week. Not a bad stay, but I prefer the Gansevoort.

Bed - very comfortable, liked it alot and the LCD tv mounted off the floor in front of the bed was nice.

Shower - Was nice but also made a bit of a mess outside of the shower area. My bag got wet from the shower....

The veiws - very cool. The hallways had zero decor. The elevators my wife and I both liked, interesting video loop

Price was a bit high for what we got. I know we paid less at other like hotels

[Merry]

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg141/Nadavyhabbo/NY09/SDC10199.jpg

^ YUCK!! Especially compared to this \/:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/03/29/travel/29check650.3.jpg

All that depressing dark timber - and about as inviting as a college dorm room (except for the TV and big bed).

[Tectonic]

10.04.09

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/4004610678_580b69d967_o.jpg

[londonlawyer]

With all of those haphazard curtains visible and the concrete edges, I think it looks like public housing or a commie block.

[meesalikeu]

yes, its quite purposefully goofing on that pj's/commie block vibe a bit! :rolleyes:

[Merry]

Five Things You Didn't Know About The Standard

October 13, 2009, by Joey

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In the midst of Eater's weekend coverage of the New York City Wine & Food Festival (http://ny.eater.com/tags/nycwff) from the Meatpacking District's Standard Hotel, dashing superhero André Balazs offered to take us on a tour of his baby, which hasn't quite lost that new hotel smell. Now, we don't know about you, but we at Curbed HQ we live by a simple and very strict code that has but one rule: When André Balazs offers you anything, you take it. And so we were off on a top-to-bottom tour of architect Todd Schleimann (http://www.polshek.com/)'s High Line-straddling critical sensation. Balazs was happy to talk about The Standard in a context that had nothing to do with stuff like this (http://13.media.tumblr.com/ZXWEjgG0Pn4j4fy3EFbERopSo1_500.jpg) (NSFW!), and so we got some fun Standard factoids out of Captain Hotelica. To the list!

1) There were some crazy early concepts: Remember the first rendering (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/08/28/high_line_construction_chronicles_standard_anythin g_but.php) of The Standard with the upside-down logo? Sure, the California Standards have topsy-turvy logos as well, but we thought—considering the double-height space up top—the whole hotel would be flipped, with a sky lobby on the penthouse floor. Of course it didn't turn out that way (http://ny.eater.com/tags/the-boom-boom-room), but Balazs told us that the upside-down thing was indeed considered. Not only that, but another gimmick he was playing with was putting the check-in desks in the elevators. The idea got scrapped for various reasons, partly because guests would get pretty annoyed having to go upstairs every time they needed to pick up or drop something off, and also, we assume, because janitors would grow tired of cleaning up the aftermath of the check-in staff's chronic motion sickness.

2) She's got legs and she knows how to use 'em: The hotel's concrete stilts (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmoranmoya/3703760508/) (aka the stripper legs (http://curbed.com/archives/2007/08/29/more_standard_porn_the_high_lines_perpetual_lap_da nce.php)) look simple, but were actually one of the most challenging parts of the building process. Balazs & Co. wanted a textured concrete look inspired by the work of Japanese architect Tadao Ando (http://andotadao.org/default.aspx), but the board-formed concrete (vs. a straightforward concrete pour) was something that NYC construction firms never do. The solution? Paying a hell of a lot extra (every contractor has his price!). So while the legs look naked, they're actually the priciest gams in town.

3) Funky geometry explained!: Why the angled slab architecture? Because the island of Manhattan does a little dogleg turn right at this point, one inspiration for the hotel to do the same. While other new buildings take their place in the city grid like good little boys and girls, The Standard is angled out towards the water because the lack of buildable land to the south helps preserve those views (http://curbed.com/archives/2008/12/22/inside_andr_balazss_standard_holy_high_line.php).

4) The views from the gym: Sure beats using an Ab Roller while watching Dr. Phil:

http://curbed.com/uploads/2009_10_gym1.jpg
http://curbed.com/uploads/2009_10_gym2.jpg

5) The Standard that IS is not The Standard that WAS but is still potentially The Standard that WILL BE: It's no secret that Balazs was gunning for direct High Line access from the hotel. The "emergency stairs" that wind down (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouno/3590489052/) into the hotel's plaza on Washington Street nearly rub up against the rail bed. The deal never got worked out, but negotiations with Friends of the High Line aren't closed forever. There may still be a Standard-High Line hook-up, but now Balazs is wondering if it's even worth it, due to all the increased foot-traffic through the hotel and the cost of adding things like handicap-friendly High Line access. Oh, and the outdoor deck that's on level with the High Line? It was supposed to have an outdoor pool, which got cut for budget reasons. Still, the engineering is such that the pool could still be added. All that High Linin' getting you hot and sweaty? Get a running start and jump into the pool! Just, uh, tell 'em that André sent you.

The Standard New York (http://www.standardhotels.com/new-york-city/) [Official Site]
The Standard coverage (http://www.curbed.com/tags/the-standard) [Curbed]

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/10/13/five_things_you_didnt_know_about_the_standard.php# more

[meesalikeu]

originally the rooms were all supposed to be 99 bucks too. hopefully they can re-jigger that idea first. :rolleyes:

[BrooklynLove]

With all of those haphazard curtains visible and the concrete edges, I think it looks like public housing or a commie block.

I'd be less enthused if this building was in a different hood. It reflects the artistic vibe of the area so nicely.

Style evokes modernized downtown DC in my mind.

[Tectonic]

Style evokes modernized downtown DC in my mind.
It's like the land of squares and rectangles down there.

[lofter1]

Some other shapes there, too.

Yesterday ~ 3:30 PM there was a photo shoot in one of the rooms about 4 floors up with a very leggy model in a thong and not much else. She was full frontal against the window and fully enjoying the crowd down below, waving and blowing kisses. The traffic jam in the Gansevoort Woodlands was hilarious. Seems most of the HL visitors got what they came for.

Given the nasty rain forecast I'd left home without my regular camera. Too bad my cell cam sucks so bad ...

[Derek2k3]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3528/4065543559_a1596fcfc7_b.jpg
mudpig (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4065543559&size=large)

Redeveloping MSG with towers would effectively blot out that black hole called 1 Penn Plaza.

[BrooklynLove]

aka Death Star

[Derek2k3]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/3714546288_a6eeef0491_b.jpg
Jim Keen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29514985@N08/3714546288/sizes/l/in/set-72157606673126243/)

Probably in the minority here, but I like the texture the curtains have added to the facade.

[Merry]

^ That shot is quite complementary being a close-up and the curtains seem to soften the brutality of the building design at this range. At least the curtains are all the same and avoids a tacky and messy look.

[Derek2k3]

Yup
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3741501480_302e4fb782_o.jpg
rpa2101 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32224170@N03/3741501480/sizes/o/in/set-72157612829289325/)

[BrooklynLove]

Ugh. The mechanicals on top really hurt this shot. Bummer.

[lofter1]

In this day and age it seems that mechanicals up top should always be integrated into the design of a major structure. The worst offenders are many older buildings that get an up-grade and are crowned with cooling plants showing no relation to the building below but on exhibit for all to see. The other thing I hate are the trashy looking vent pipes snaking up and sprouting from the tops -- often additions for food-related businesses in a building.

[ablarc]

In this day and age it seems that mechanicals up top should always be integrated into the design of a major structure.
If that were made into a law, how would it be phrased? Would it allow the Pompidou Center?

[lofter1]

Seems the Pompidou Center has integrated the mechanicals into the structure by its very nature.

http://www.n3k.de/produkte/ip_management/fallstudien/pompidou_centre.jpg

But I see what you mean, in terms of getting such requirements written into the Zoning Text (which, if such text existed, would seem to disallow a structure like the Pompidou Center). Good intentions could very well lead to more dull architecture.

As I see it the minimal presence of mechanicals atop The Standard don't create a problem for the overall appearance of the building -- although the pure form of the two wings with little up top would be preferable.

[Derek2k3]

The worst offenders are many older buildings that get an up-grade and are crowned with cooling plants showing no relation to the building below but on exhibit for all to see.

This condo conversion and addition (Artisan Lofts) is the first thing I thought of when you said that. Fortunately you can't see that characterless cooling tower from the street. This is the only project from BKSK Architects I'm not fond of.

It's here vvv
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4250835265_cc3f64363d_b.jpg

[Merry]

Standard Hotel Opponent's Building Demolished

January 25, 2010, by Pete

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Suddenly, the view of the Standard has opened up.

http://cdn3.curbednetwork.com/cache/gallery/2716/4299019575_93cc3566ca_o.jpg (http://curbed.com/archives/2010/01/25/standard_hotel_opponents_building_demolished.php)

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Back before the High Line was a park, a humble stack of bricks hugged the elevated rails at 51 Little West 12th Street. Since people started walking the rails last summer, this three-story piece of edgy old New York has been a popular photo op thanks to its junk-strewn patio right next to the platform, just south of the Standard Hotel. Er, no longer. The old Astor horse stable that stood for more than 150 years is now gone, demolished following an "immediate emergency declaration" from the Department of Buildings stating that the building was "unsafe and in imminent peril."

Disco survivor and overall colorful character Novac Noury has owned the place since the '80s (the junk was his), and he's long had a dream to build his own "Stairway to the High Line" here. He also once refused André Balazs's buyout offer, and instead proposed a partnership with the Standard Hotel that would've turned his property into a "mini-inn" built up to 10 stories. Didn't happen. He then accused the hotel of putting cracks in his building during construction, and Noury chronicled the indignities, including the rupture of an underground stream that he claimed undermined his foundation and gave it a case of the shakes. Now that demolition is nearly complete, what the future holds in store for this little lot remains unknown. Maybe André Balazs will snap it up once he stops cackling.

Novac Noury's YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/PETITION1107058#p/a/u/0/lkaKAEJMIxM) [YouTube]
And He’s Building a Stairway to High Line (http://www.observer.com/2007/and-he-s-building-stairway-high-line) [NYO]

http://curbed.com/archives/2010/01/25/standard_hotel_opponents_building_demolished.php#m ore

[Merry]

:)

http://curbed.com/uploads/standardwindowwashers.jpg

Larger version (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JZxRJAesT0Q/S2YVMNcYjHI/AAAAAAAAG2U/gtJksx0KtZ8/s1600-h/westStandard_sm.jpg)

http://www.restlus.com/2010/02/along-hudson.html

[Derek2k3]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4415373172_3b60098a64_b.jpg
andybrannan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andybrannan/4415899848/sizes/l/in/pool-62649201@N00/)

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andybrannan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andybrannan/4415899848/sizes/l/in/pool-62649201@N00/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4415899848_ac8b713e9e_b.jpg
andybrannan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andybrannan/4415899848/sizes/l/in/pool-62649201@N00/)

[londonlawyer]

This building looks like a 1950s eastern European commie-block.

[lofter1]

But it's one that is very well executed (unlike many of the originals).

[londonlawyer]

I hate the concrete on the edges. Stone would have been nicer. I also don't like the crazy array of curtains. Therefore, blinds or dark glass would have been better here.

[Derek2k3]

The Boom Boom Room

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4633434239_788fba3ca7_o.jpg

[Merry]

^ :eek: Tacky and tasteless IMO.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Odd bar stools.

Drinking alone?

[Statun-Ilandur]

It looks a bit dated, kinda like a VIP lounge at an international airport - in the 1980s. When does your flight leave?

[lofter1]

The whole style of the Standard is about Retro meets the 21st century.

The name "Boom Boom Room" had to be dropped (http://www.stylecaster.com/news/5515/standard-hotel-nyc-already-infamous-boom-boom-room-to-change-name) for legal reasons (although everybody still seems to refer to it that way); now it's officially called the "18th Floor (http://newyork.timeout.com/bars-clubs/meatpacking-district/40023/the-18th-floor-at-the-standard-new-york)."

After 10PM you have to be on the guest list to get in. But up until then it's accessible, and a great spot for a sunset cocktail (if you don't mind the super steep drink prices (http://ny.eater.com/archives/2010/03/rants_a_beer_at_the_boom_boom_room.php)).

[JFK-CDG]

I love going there. And the crowd is always great.

It's tacky/campy and screams excess. I love what has become of the Meatpacking District.

We need more glamor and unabashed displays of excess..like London.

[Derek2k3]

Across Washington Street from the Standard an 8 story commercial building by Morris Adjmi is planned.
According to the permit, they're going to renovate the current Walmir Meat, Inc building too.

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=3&passjobnumber=120409977&passdocnumber=01

[stache]

That bar looks like a lot of fun. It's well set up for cruising.

[londonlawyer]

Karl Fischer's website shows a proposal for the Prince Lumber site on 9th Ave. I hope that this business closes. It's out of place with this beautiful area.

[lofter1]

The show (http://apps.facebook.com/targetspectacular/) will be on August 18 @ 9PM:

Target Plans Insane Light Show in the Standard Hotel's Windows (http://ny.racked.com/archives/2010/08/04/target_dancers_to_take_over_the_standards_windows_ for_a_kaleidoscopic_display.php)

Very Bye Bye Birdie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhR8QtQ4do)

The updated retro version:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTX4tfuJoBE

[lofter1]

Karl Fischer's website shows a proposal for the Prince Lumber site on 9th Ave.

From Fischer's website (http://www.kfarchitect.com/), the proposal for 61-67 Ninth, SW corner at W 15th:

10254

[londonlawyer]

Thanks for posting that, Lofter. It's a decent proposal -- though I'd like to see something of the calibre of the IAC HQ or Nouvel's building next to it. Nonetheless, even something that's merely decent beats that crap lumber yard.

[lofter1]

The Prince Lumber lot is in an M1-5 district which has FAR of 5.0 (Zoning Graphic (http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/zone/zoning_handbook/m1.pdf) [pdf]), so it's interesting that they are proposing only 2 floors here.

10255

Considering that the site sits outside (but right next to) the Gansevoort Historic District (Map (http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/gansevoort.pdf) [pdf]), and also considering what might be allowed, this small proposal from Fischer is still barely OK.

But Fischer's bump out at the corner entrance is just weird. All in all this resembles something that might be found in an upscale-ish strip mall in Orange Country CA, circa 1988.

As of yet nothing has been filed at DOB (http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByLocationServlet?requestid=1&allbin=1012536&allstrt=NINTH+AVENUE&allnumbhous=61).

[scumonkey]

I'd rather keep the lumber yard- at least with it's out of place looks it serves a purpose...
Karl's place just looks like more out of place crap whose only purpose is to line his pockets,
and ruin the chances of something truly worthy being built here.

[ablarc]

^ Exactly.

[Cat235D]

Karl Fischer's website shows a proposal for the Prince Lumber site on 9th Ave. I hope that this business closes. It's out of place with this beautiful area.

Tell that to the people working there.

[londonlawyer]

The business will relocate to a more appropriate area.

[lofter1]

It's in a "Manufacturing Zone (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3459&p=333369&viewfull=1#post333369)." When parts of the area around here were re-zoned a couple of years ago, the Manufacturing portion between W 16 / 17 <> Gansevoort was specifically NOT re-zoned, so as to keep existing uses in effect and so that viable businesses would not be driven out.

Similarly we have the [nasty] meat processing plants in the Meat Packing District two blocks to the south (well, now pretty much concentrated on a part of one block a bit farther to the SW along Little West 12th Street between Washington & West). No doubt they'll disappear at some point in the future -- although the cooperative that oversees the various businesses there has stated they plan to stay (as the location is excellent for meat distribution throughout lower Manhattan and the other meat market has been moved miles away to the Bronx).

With all the changes in the neighborhood going on now (and certain to continue into the future) it's handy and economical to have a lumber yard / building supply store nearby. All the other similar businesses farther north (many along W 28th) were driven out by the rezoning of West Chelsea and the subsequent purchase of lots for development (many of those have now sat fallow for 2+ years, generating nothing).

[stache]

I've gone there a couple of times for stuff. It's handy.

[Merry]

Bright Lights, Big City: Target Takes Over the Standard Hotel

August 19, 2010, by Izzy Grinspan

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http://cdn.cstatic.net/cache/gallery/4138/4907459138_b08e9f8026_o.jpg (http://ny.racked.com/archives/2010/08/19/bright_lights_big_city_target_takes_over_the_stand ard_hotel.php)

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Last night's kaleidoscopic light show at the Standard Hotel was exactly what we've come to expect from Target events. It was dramatic, it was extravagant, and it felt like it had been planned by people who'd thought long and hard about every single detail, with the possible exception of crowd control. Not that we're complaining—the Standard is always a bit of a shitshow, and all the jostling and chaos surrounding the event just made us feel more like we were in the middle of a bonding experience with dozens of strangers, which is exactly what public art is supposed to do.

The display took up the entire southern side of the hotel, making the High Line, the VIP party at the Standard Beer Garden, and the Brass Monkey all optimal viewing sites. Target set up bleachers for the public on Little West 12th Street, where a stage offered people a closer look at what the models were wearing. Away from the stage, it was nearly impossible to see the clothes, but they seemed almost besides the point. This wasn't really about showing the fall collection; it was about Target reminding all of us that it has the power and creativity to pull off a massive public spectacle. The shopping part? That could come later.

Further Details Make Target's Standard Show Sound No Less Insane (http://ny.racked.com/archives/2010/08/16/further_details_make_targets_standard_hotel_show_s ound_no_less_insane.php) [Racked NY]
Target Plans Insane Light Show in the Standard Hotel's Windows (http://ny.racked.com/archives/2010/08/04/target_dancers_to_take_over_the_standards_windows_ for_a_kaleidoscopic_display.php) [Racked NY]

http://ny.racked.com/archives/2010/08/19/bright_lights_big_city_target_takes_over_the_stand ard_hotel.php

[lofter1]

The light show looked great from up on the High Line, with very clever use of dancers in the Standard's windows.

I've not yet seen a vid that really shows it off, but the vid seen HERE (http://www.mefeedia.com/news/32478277) captures some of it fairly well (once you get past the fashionista stuff at the beginning).

[lofter1]

Better VID HERE (http://apps.facebook.com/targetspectacular/) at at Target facebook website; choose Watch and The Luxe Look (the light show starts at ~ mid-point of the vid and shows the whole 20 minute show in real time with good sound -- it really starts to kick in ~ 2/3 of the way through the vid). They shot this from the roof top of the low-lying meat packing building just south of the High Line between Gansevoort + Little West 12th.

Getting the Standard wired for lights must have taken a huge effort.

[Edward]

The Standard Hotel (http://wirednewyork.com/hotels/standard/) - corner of Washington and Little W 12th Streets

http://wirednewyork.com/wp/media/2010/09/standard-hotel-washington-600x400.jpg (http://wirednewyork.com/hotels/standard/)

[JSsocal]

The Standard Hotel in Sunday's episode of Family Guy.

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr196/jerethangelfan/Screenshot2010-11-22at54148PM.png

[Derek2k3]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5632264271_22333f9e75_b.jpg
S.G. Washington (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/5632264271/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

[thomasjfletcher]

Hi All-
have been asked to mention this-

THURSDAY, MAY 5 AT 6:30 PM
GREAT ESCAPES: NEW DESIGNS FOR NEW YORK HOTELS

http://nyc-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Mondrian.jpg

Since the 19th century New York’s hotels have provided glamorous, romantic, relaxing, and stimulating respite from everyday life. What role did hotels play in the life of the city in the past, and how do contemporary designers imagine the place of their hotels in today’s New York City? Trace the history of the hotel experience and hear how contemporary designers are creating the next generation of urban retreats.

http://nyc-architecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/standardNYC_rendering.jpg

Featuring Todd Schliemann of Ennead Architects on the Standard Hotel; Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz of BNO Design on the Mondrian Soho; and Scott Salvator on redesigning interiors at the Carlyle. Introductory remarks by Donald Albrecht, Curator of Architecture and Design. Co-sponsored by the New York School of Interior Design. This program is presented as part of the ongoing Urban Forum series Spotlight on Design.

Reservations required: 917-492-3395 or e-mail programs@mcny.org
$6 museum members; $8 seniors and students; $12 non-members
$6 when you mention New York Architecture
Museum of the City of New York1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029www.mcny.org
212-534-1672

[RoldanTTLB]

Sigh, my biggest issue with this building is that they never put the upside down sign on it. The idea of the building being upside down is too subtle with out it.

[scumonkey]

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