Another Gowanus Hotel, And This One's Open!
There’s been a lot of talk around here about soon-to-open Gowanus hotels, but this building at 533 3rd Avenue has beat the others to the punch: it just opened as a La Quinta Inn. According to this website, rates for the 72 rooms begin at $99/night. We called the hotel and they said it has…
There’s been a lot of talk around here about soon-to-open Gowanus hotels, but this building at 533 3rd Avenue has beat the others to the punch: it just opened as a La Quinta Inn. According to this website, rates for the 72 rooms begin at $99/night. We called the hotel and they said it has been open since February 10th. This joins the hotel ranks of Holiday Inn Express on Union, the Comfort Inn on Butler, and Hotel Le Bleu on 4th Ave. Soon to join is the Fairfield Inn and the Union Hotel. Phew. You can see a few pictures of the rooms from the website after the jump.
Mellow Yellow on 3rd Avenue [Brownstoner] GMAP
True that it is a low budget hotel, in Gowanus, and all low budget hotels across the country look the same. But I still believe that we can make better looking buildings on low budgets.
This looks just like suburban motels. Sometimes I wonder if people like Grand Pa ever leave the city. Their notion of what things are like outside the city are just plain false.
“Somehow the urban hotels are even worse than their suburban models.”
They look exactly the same. Take a drive around the country and see.
“Also – am not bothered by the facade – they are saving money but making it bland – as long as it’s solid and can last – it’s all good”
impossible – only brownstones last long periods of time. everything else will crumble within 6 months.
Those rates are good!
am starting to like these hotels b/c now that I live in a small a$$ condo with a baby occupying Bedroom #2 – any family that comes to visit can stay a few blocks away at a reasonably priced clean/new hotel
Also – am not bothered by the facade – they are saving money but making it bland – as long as it’s solid and can last – it’s all good
I love a good cane shaking.
You forgot the Super 8 just up the street
“I am real. There is no reason why buildings have to be this ugly just because it is located in a neighborhood you look down upon. ”
No but it probably has to look fairly bland/bad to offer $100 room rates for a night
This hotel looks no worse than any other low end chain hotel I’ve seen outside of NYC.
I am real. There is no reason why buildings have to be this ugly just because it is located in a neighborhood you look down upon.
This building is not alone. All five boroughs have had these tacky cheap hotel boxes built in the last few years, including in Manhattan. It is an expression of culturally dead corporate chain hotels. Somehow the urban hotels are even worse than their suburban models.