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Check out the BlackBook review of the scene at the Ace Hotel. http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/anatomy-of-a-scene-the-ace-hotel/15339

There are a lot of cool boutique hotels in the Madison Square park vicinity including the Ace Hotel , the MAve, the Carlton Hotel, and the Gershwin… senton hotel exterior closed

Then there is the Senton Hotel (39 West 27 Street off Broadway).

If you want to guarantee that you are going to have a jaw-dropping story to take home with you, based on the TripAdvisor reviews it seems the Senton may be your place.

When you have a few minutes to read some of the wildest reviews we have ever seen for a hotel, take a look at the comments on TripAdvisor for the Senton. Some of the more colorful highlights from the reviews include ‘clown porn’, ‘bizarre neighbors’, ‘weird screams’, and one review in French that starts out with “quelle horreur” (our French is rusty but that sounds bad). Not to mention the burgundy curtains just never seem to be open on any room, ever (see arrows on the right).

Note that these reviews are from 2008 or earlier, so maybe it has improved. If nothing more, it’s a deal at $100.

Hotel Gershwin Photo and Post One of the most unique hotels in New York City, the Gershwin Hotel (7 East 27th Street, just north of Madison Square Park) first grabs attention from the outside. The building is bright red, and features horn-like sculptures coming out of the facade (see photo).

Rooms range from $45 on a floor for ‘up and coming models’ to $445 for a multi-room suite. The hotel supports the arts, both with Warhols and other pop art throughout, and an annual artist in residence who lives there.

Yes there is another boutique hotel coming to the Madison Square Park area in addition to the recently opened MAve Hotel and Ace Hotel.
According to Hotels Magazine, Meyer Jabara will reportedly open the Flatiron Hotel at 26th and Broadway this fall, featuring 64 rooms, a rooftop lounge with Empire State Building views, and “a two-story [...]

Following the recent openings of both the Ace Hotel and the MAve Hotel, another north-of-Madison-Square-Park boutique hotel, the NoMad, is slated to open in early 2010. The NoMad takes over a beautiful 1903 ‘French Renaissance” style building, with 160 luxurious rooms and interiors to be designed by Jacques Garcia.
Although the corridor along Broadway between 27th [...]

Our sources say both the Breslin Restaurant and Stumptown Coffee will not open until ‘late August’ in the Ace Hotel on 29th Street.