The West 42nd Street space where Ian Simpson Reisner’s the $30 million hotel-bar-wedding venue The Out NYC Urban Resort [Ed: Gag with me a spoon over that name] will call home “was originally built as a Travelodge in the 1950s and was later used as a Red Cross homeless shelter.” It’s been vacant for several years since. There are so many metaphors for the “hetero-friendly” project wrapped in the history of its location than I care to mention.
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Qjersey
good luck with that.
Sounds like a 21st century bath-house/sex club for those with money.
Shared “facilities” (share a bathroom). check
Nightclub. Check
Gym Facilities. Check
Derek
From a business point of view it looks like a really promising venture. Agreed, the name is incredibly tacky and will undoubtedly attract lots of wealthy gay men which is all this hotel needs.