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In honor of a post on the Doree Chronicles noting that room prices for Gowanus’s high-end Hotel Le Bleu now start at $136 per night, we’ve put together a timeline showing the property’s rates (wished-for and real) over the past few months.

September ’07: Le Bleu not yet open; website shows rooms starting at $365
October ’07: Le Bleu GM says he’s confident people will pay $300-$500/night when hotel opens
November ’07: Hotel opens; rooms start at $306/night
December ’07: Le Bleu website shows rooms available from $270/night
January ’08: Rooms start at $136/night

Hotel Le Blah [The Doree Chronicles] GMAP
At Long Last, Hotel Le Bleu Opens [Brownstoner]
Hotel Le Bleu Reviews Trickle In [Brownstoner]


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  1. This place is 5-10 years too early. 4th ave does seem to be VERY gradually changing, and when I say gradually, I mean about 3 new places. the place just off of atlantic the mexican joint, that bar down the way, the bagel place, and that’s about it.

    You can get away with a ritzy veneer and little substance if the location is hot hot hot, and it’s just not there yet, and may never be.

    One thing is for sure, this place is going down. It will never make it.

  2. This is an instance of bronwstone readers just wanting to bitch about something.

    The hotel will do just fine. 300 a night, 200 a night, or 150 a night.

    Life will continue on and the hotel will continue to provide guests with a roof over their heads for the night.

  3. “You bet I want this hotel to fail. Why? Because it’s developers stole my views of the Manhattan skyline, at what cost to the value of my home I shudder to think. Yes, I hope it fails. I hope it rots from disuse and crumbles into the earth. And that’s not smugness; that’s bitterness.”

    That’s interesting. The only thing across from this is low rise building, so not sure it could have negatively impacted your already illustrous Manhattan views.

    I think you’re probably bitter because you live on 4th Avenue…nothing to do with the views, bud.

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