Hotel Giraffe
365 Park Avenue South | also 101 East 26th Street | Gramercy | built 2000
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1999
Henry Kallan opens Hotel Giraffe on Park Avenue South
Henry Kallan of the Library Hotel Collection opened Hotel Giraffe in December 1999 at the northeast corner of Park Avenue South and 26th Street. Architect Stephen B. Jacobs and his wife, interior designer Andi Pepper, were in charge of the design. The 73 guest rooms, including 21 suites, take their look from the colors and textures of the Art Moderne period.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2008
Hotel Giraffe's penthouse doubles as Mr. Big's apartment in a Sex and the City film
For the 2008 film Sex and the City, the hotel's penthouse Piano Suite was transformed into the fictional apartment of Mr. Big, one of the film's central characters. The hotel had been named Best Boutique Hotel of 2007 by CitySearch.com.
Source: Wikipedia
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