The Standard, High Line
848 Washington Street | West Village | built 2006
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- 2009
Hotelier Andre Balazs completes The Standard, High Line, the first hotel he built from scratch
Balazs owned a chain of hotels but had never before built one from the ground up. The 18-story, 338-room tower at 848 Washington Street was designed by Ennead Architects, formerly Polshek Partnership, and finished in 2009. Its clients and architects wanted it to reflect the Meatpacking District, where fashion showrooms and galleries had replaced butcher shops and warehouses.
“Hotelier André Balazs commissioned the building of the Standard. ... this was the first he has actually built from the ground up.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2009
The Standard straddles the High Line on concrete piers, its two slabs hinged for views
The hotel is lifted 57 feet above the street on five big piers, so the former elevated railroad runs underneath it. Its two concrete slabs meet at an angle, which squeezed one extra room onto each floor and gives every room a view of the skyline, the Hudson or the Empire State Building. The glass-and-concrete design draws on Le Corbusier's vocabulary.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2009
Five concrete piers lift the Standard 30 feet over the High Line
Hotelier Andre Balazs commissions the Standard, the first hotel he has built from the ground up, and Polshek Partnership, now Ennead Architects, designs it. Five massive sculptural piers hoist the building thirty feet over the park below, while a single sloped concrete pier carries the east end by the entrance. Balazs says hinging the two slabs lets the design fit in an extra room per floor while keeping views of the Empire State Building.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2011
Actress Paz de la Huerta is charged after a brawl at the Standard
Prosecutors say that on March 20, 2011, the HBO actress Paz de la Huerta punched Samantha Swetra, who was on MTV's The City, in the face at the Standard Hotel, bloodying her nose and mouth, and threw a glass. De la Huerta appeared in court on April 19 to face the charges. Prosecutors say she told police she was a real actress and Swetra was a publicity seeker.
Source: nydailynews.com
- 2014
Video of Solange Knowles attacking Jay-Z in a Standard hotel elevator becomes an internet meme
On May 12, 2014, TMZ broadcast video footage from inside a hotel elevator showing Solange Knowles, sister of Beyonce, physically attacking her brother-in-law, the hip-hop mogul Jay-Z. The clip spread rapidly across the internet and was widely turned into a meme.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2014
Solange Knowles attacks Jay-Z in a hotel elevator after the Met Gala party
After the party at the Boom Boom Room that followed the Met Gala, Solange Knowles screams, kicks and punches her brother-in-law Jay-Z in a hotel elevator while Beyonce looks on. A surveillance camera records the scene. Jay-Z, in a white outfit, is seen rubbing his jaw. The footage never makes clear what set off the outburst.
Source: nydailynews.com
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