Long Island City’s next hotel and rooftop bar combo: The Z Hotel
Rendering of Z Hotel, 43rd Ave & 11th St, Long Island City
Z Hotel, the hotel that was aiming to bring a “Gansevoort Hotel-like vibe” to LIC, has been popping up on the wire since as far back as 2007. Via the signage at the development site on 43rd Ave & 11th St, the 10-story, 100 room building that will be used as a hotel and restaurant is scheduled to be completed by June 2010, and as you can see, Z Hotel is well on its way. It’s HUGE, and the “razor-thin form” originally mentioned on architect Andre Kikoski’s website has materialized as well:
Side view of Z Hotel, 43rd Ave & 11th St, Long Island City
That, of course, isn’t the only hotel going up ’round these parts in the recent. We’ve mapped it out for you: it literally has become Long Island Hotel City.
Incidentally, across the street from Z Hotel this unidentified commercial building we mentioned some time ago is also still going up:
Commercial building as seen from 43rd Ave & 21st St, Long Island City
Getting a little crowded down there near 43rd Ave..
If I am not mistaken the unidentified building is the Rolex building.
This Thursday evening there will be an auction at Lounge 47 to help with medical expenses incurred after a Lounge employee was brutally beaten in Brooklyn. You may donate items–some are donating artwork–but please come and bid on anything that appeals to you. The victim has a long recuperation ahead.
why would you want a gansevoort vibe!!!! this is long island city, how about a lic vibe. thats the problem with the stupid ravel hotel, they try to be a trendy meatpacking hotel, why cant it just be a normal hotel with a cool bar!! its across the street form queensbridge!! get real
#4, I don’t think there is anything wrong with wanting to bring different energies and styles to LIC. What is a LIC vibe? Dutch Kills? Waterfront Crabhouse? Juniors? Communitea? It’s all a mish-mosh anyway. I say bring the Village, bring Brooklyn, bring SoHo to LIC! Bring it all! Old or new, trendy or old school, whatever it is, we just need more of it all.
Any vibe is better than no vibe.
There is a distinctive LIC vibe. I think the much-missed Ten 63 captured it really well.
Those days are long gone.
More importantly, what is wrong with across the Queensboro Bridge? That’s the coolest thing about that place.
8, your reaction sadly sums up what’s missing in LIC today. We seem to have settled into this attitude that raw, unique places like Ten 63 can’t succeed anymore. Why is that? It’s the “Ravel-ification” of LIC that I can’t stomach — this notion that only bullshit, faux glamorous places can survive in LIC. Yuck.
#10, places that can attract customers consistently will always do well. I don’t know what the Ravel-ification of LIC is about or if I even agree with it, but if someone want to open a raw, unique place that can be successful then go ahead and do it, but expect anyone to shed a tear for places that aren’t good or don’t serve the communities needs and wants. Its been said a million times. Service counts, quality counts, ambiance counts. Make investments in your business. You want to have a dumpy storefront – okay guess what people are going to start going to the newly renovated places. Know the market you are trying to serve. It may be the best thing in the world, but you open a rawest place in the world and no one is looking for raw then you are SOL. These things help quality business stay around for years to come.
I think the Z Hotel is one of the most exciting projects in LIC. I can’t wait to have a place nearby where family can stay and visit.
a) 12 sounds like someone affiliated with the Z hotel.
b) Art-o-Mat is (was) also a good example of true LIC vibe. Of the people, for the people. They threw a 100th birthday party for Rose. They showed LIC artists’ work. Also, something similar to what Lounge is doing for their worker who got assaulted. That is community, and LIC has a super strong one. Not everyone might be a part of it, but I would definitely say there is a CORE. I love LIC. It has its issues, but there is an actual soul here. I do agree that places like Ravel don’t necessarily integrate into the community so well, but on the other side Dutch Kills has, so it’s possible. And what I mean is that DK is a fancy branch of trendy LES bars, which is meant to draw from Manhattan, but also draws locally and I always run into ‘hoodies’ there, as well as seeing new people in from other places. Ravel… well, they have a different agenda. Like the strip club… ultimately business is for the sake of business, not usually contributing to the community. So I think the most ‘LIC Vibed’ places are those that do the latter, as well as the former.
just dont want to pay $8 for a beer. and when i said queensbridge-i was talking about the projects
z hotels facade is way different, that is a really outdated rendering, it looks more industrial in real life
i appreciate this term “ravel-ification” – i understand it and fear it myself.
Just because I like the idea of a nice hotel in the neighborhood does not mean I am associated with the Z Hotel. I am just a local resident…don’t get so worked up, #13.
i like the comfort inn
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i think there’s some potential, as many people don’t mind staying outside manhattan if the place is nice and the price is right. but the reviews on yelp.com for Ravel are horrendous, hopefully these guys can improve!