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| Soho Grand Hotel | |
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| Hotel chain | GrandLife Hotels |
| General information | |
| Location | 310 West Broadway SoHo, Manhattan,New York City,United States |
| Opening | August 4, 1996[1] |
| Owner | Hartz Mountain Industries |
| Height | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17[3] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | David Helpern of Helpern Architects William Sofield of Studio Sofield (interiors) |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 347[2] |
| Number of suites | 10 |
| Number of restaurants | 3 |
| Parking | US$40 daily |
| Website | |
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TheSoho Grand Hotel is ahotel located at 310West Broadway betweenGrand andCanal Streets in theSoHo neighborhood ofLower Manhattan,New York City at the former location of Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori.[4] It has 353 guest rooms, including ten suites and two penthouses. With the Roxy Hotel (formerly the Tribeca Grand Hotel), they make up GrandLife Hotels and are owned and operated byLeonard N. Stern ofHartz Mountain Industries.
The Soho Grand Hotel opened on August 4, 1996 news of the build initiated significant opposition from local residents; eight prior attempts to build a hotel there in the preceding decade had failed.[5] It was the first hotel to be built in SoHo during the previous century,[6] and the first luxuryboutique hotel in downtownManhattan.[1]
The Gallery at Soho Grand opened within the hotel in 1996, and holds original art exhibitions.[7]
Restaurants onsite are The Club Room, Gilligan's, and Grand Bar and Salon.[8][9] The Grand Bar and Salon, opened with the hotel in 1996,[10] recalls classic New York bars of a bygone era.[1] The Club Room lounge overlooks West Broadway,[11] and was added in 2010.[12] Gilligan's in a seasonal outdoor venue styled with "yacht-club-meets-tropical-resort"kitsch, anhomage toGilligan's Island.[13][14] The Soho Diner opened in late 2019. The American 24-hour diner is led by chef Ken Addington.[15]
The Soho Grand was designed by David Helpern of Helpern Architects.[16] The interiors are designed by William Sofield of Studio Sofield.[17] The architecture and design incorporate elements including bottle glass andcast iron molding, both of which are prominent in neighborhood buildings from SoHo industrial history.[18]
Renovations have continued within the hotel since its opening; in 2004, the hotel introduced two penthouse loft suites, winners of the Interior Design Gold Key award.[19]
Soho Grand's guestrooms and Suites' design direction take their cue from the public spaces. In 2010, the hotel unveiled ten suites designed by William Sofield that feature wall coverings designed byNew Yorker illustrator,Saul Steinberg.[20]
The Soho Grand has been represented in a variety of feature films, television shows, and online videos including:
In fall 2013, a hotel employee started several fires because he allegedly wanted to lighten his workload by making the hotel less popular.[25]
