Gramercy Park Hotel Couple sued for buying Ikea

Who knew there were "glamourous" people in Iceland!

kind of misleading.

Is he a Viking mogul, or a mogul of Viking?
I like the thought of a day in court turning out a bit like this:
http://tinyurl.com/y9hwll8

Tina
(Brooklyn broker)

I don't know what's kind of misleading about the post or the article, but what a wicked ugly lobby!!!

It certainly sounds like there's no merit to the suit at all, if the stated designer oversaw the Ikea kitchen selections ... is it supposed to be hand-built by him personally?

Weaselly plaintiffs dealing with falling demand and falling market; nothing new.

But what a hideous lobby!

Exactly, We're an over-lawyered society.

There are many lawyers out there who add no value what so ever to society.

And a fugly lobby if ever there was one. Ugggh.

nah, we're an over ugly-condo'd society. there are many condos out there that not only add no value to society, they are positive blights.

ah, have you seen the lobby of the gramercy starck? i can only say that it looks much worse up close.

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/392847-condo-340-east-23rd-street-gramercy-park-new-york

Alanhart, I laugh at your witty comments, and love your dry sense of humor, but I have to disagree on this one. I really like that lobby with a huge fire going in the fireplace. It is really cool. The rooms, on the other hand, can be very dark and cramped with the over-sized furniture and heavy drapery in a relatively small room. Maybe the photo is misleading, like so many of the photos of apartments that I visit.

I haven't seen it in person ... but why the Contac paper on the support columns?

Fireplace is easy ... it would be really cool if they had ten fireplaces, with little seating groupings around each. Else, ho hum.

I've always loved the fireplaces at The Park (10th/18th, restaurant).

But thanks, NYRENewbie, for the kudos; and I guess to each his own, or maybe I'd like the lobby more in person.

it's the portrait. they have it at an angle in the photo, which makes it look smaller and the room much larger. but when you look into the very small lobby, the portrait is dead ahead. and i think it's 10 feet tall, so a man in a ruff is what assaults your senses. it's hideous.

Is it of Schrager? They should use that painting-behind-painted-box technique that makes the eyes seem like they're following you.

Have you seen the documentary? You can watch Ian and Julian decorate the lobby along with the tragic lives of the owners sons,grandchildren and some of the remaining old occupants. Great little film.

http://hotelgramercypark.com/

Still think that the best thing about that hotel, is you can be let into the park; and then left there to commune with nature. Paul Shaffer tells a funny story about that, in his book: "We'll Be Here For The Rest Of Our Lives".
They let him in, he walked around -- and was locked in, unable to get out, until they came back for him.
In the days before cell-phones,of course.

It sounds like they bought this apartment with the intent of renting it and furnished it with inexpensive stuff and also didn't maintain the unit (broken window, broken A/C). I think the article said they also bought the apartment above this unit- I'd like to see how that apartment is furnished.

They also claim they suffered damages as a result of chicken wings being dropped from the above apartment owned by this couple. This article is really funny.

KeithB, I think they showed this film recently on Sundance or IFC channel. I'll have to watch it when it's on again or rent it.

Gramercy Pk is so over-rated. I had access to it for 9 months once, forced myself to go there and it was anti-climactic.

I went to the resto at the hotel - they could have done better than the Japanese-spin-on-Chinese Wakiya. Rooftop bar is nice though. But it has no views of the park.

Oh, I thought a new resto was unveiled , in its place, recently.

You will enjoy Paul's story about that.(The park episode).