Hotel On Rivington - 107 Rivington Street - Lower East Side

**TLOZ Link5** · June 17th, 2003, 05:53 PM

We should have preserved the area as a haven for old-law tenements, the mob scene, homeless people and crackhouses, instead of deciding to keep crime down and build nice new buildings.

**ZippyTheChimp** · October 22nd, 2003, 11:48 AM

I was on jury duty on monday at the Federal Courthouse at 500 Pearl St. I hate the building, but the views from the 24th floor are outstanding. Only tall building up to midtown is Confucius Plaza. The hotel facade is not complete, but it dominates the neighborhood, the effect similar to Citicorp in LIC.

I wish I had photos, but no cameras allowed.

**TLOZ Link5** · October 22nd, 2003, 12:06 PM

Construction photo from ss.com, taken in MayL

**ZippyTheChimp** · December 22nd, 2003, 09:16 PM

Hotel on Rivington St, Dec 22 2003:

Snail's pace.

**Gulcrapek** · December 22nd, 2003, 09:25 PM

Yeah, I would have expected it to be finished by now. Thanks for the photos, I'd been thinking about this building recently... I'd like to see it when it's finished and smoothed out.

**NoyokA** · December 22nd, 2003, 09:38 PM

I wonder why this building is so underrated? I love this type of architecture.

**billyblancoNYC** · December 22nd, 2003, 10:34 PM

I love the skin and different colored glass panels. Looks good. oh no, it's out of character with the neighborhood.

**Ninjahedge** · December 23rd, 2003, 09:53 AM

It reminds me of the Partridge Family bus.......

**billyblancoNYC** · December 23rd, 2003, 11:10 AM

Love seeing this towering over that dirty old brick building. That needs to be cleaned.

Nice display of the past vs. the present.

**Ninjahedge** · December 23rd, 2003, 01:40 PM

I still cant (as a co-op/Condo searcher) believe that there is SO much expensive poo in this city.

It is kind of two-fold. That things like the foreground could still exist in an area that costs so much. OR that things in the foreground could COST so much to begin with!!!!

If these lands were not so frigging expensive, I think most of them would have been developed by now. So ironically, their high prices make them the lowest eschelon of quality.

**NYatKNIGHT** · March 1st, 2004, 01:17 PM

Too tall for the neighborhood?

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**billyblancoNYC** · March 1st, 2004, 05:00 PM

Too tall? Maybe some of the more crappy buildings need to be razed and the neighborhood needs to catch up!

Anyway, great facade, really top notch.

**Pilaro** · March 6th, 2004, 12:31 AM

Hmm... I think the building is marginal at best. It would have been much better without the stripe of grey stuff shown in Zippy's second picture. Luckily it looks good from farther away.

**Freedom Tower** · March 6th, 2004, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by billyblancoNYC

Too tall? Maybe some of the more crappy buildings need to be razed and the neighborhood needs to catch up!

Anyway, great facade, really top notch.

You are joking about that facade right? It's disgusting up close, I like the height though. But that area needs some development.

**Gulcrapek** · March 6th, 2004, 05:46 PM

The facade will probably be better looking when construction is finished and everything smooths out, some facades tend to look like crap with wires hanging around and windowpanes littered with tape and other materials.