Source : la.curbed.com
Category : Virginia Oceanfront Hotels
By : Adrian Glick Kudler
Posted By : Hotels in Virginia Beach South Courtyard
Source:la.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/touring_koreatowns_refreshed_and_reopened_hotel_normandie_1.php
Category : Virginia Oceanfront Hotels
By : Adrian Glick Kudler
Posted By : Hotels in Virginia Beach South Courtyard
Virginia Oceanfront Hotels |
Koreatown, with is prime location, great restaurant scene, and crucial transit access, is on the cusp of a big-time boom. The Vermont towers are on their way up, trendy hotel The Line is moving toward an opening, but nothing says "rebirth" like a boutiquey historic hotel saved from a trashy, stucco-y fate. In 2010, the 1928 Hotel Normandie at Sixth and Normandie was set to become a weed-friendly "pot-tel," which sounds fun but also stupid. Instead, the hotel was bought by a group of architects who peeled away years of insensitive updates (that lovely fireplace was totally obscured!) and rehabbed the property into what you see above. BroughtonHOTELS is now managing the 94-room hotel and several restaurants will be moving in on the ground floor soon (so far only Cassell's, a Ktown burger institution formerly down the street, has been announced). The Hotel Normandie was designed by Walker & Eisen, the same guys behind Downtown's United Artists Theatre building, aka the forthcoming Ace Hotel, and the new owners kept as many original details as possible--the neon sign and brick facade; the tile floors, fountain, and fireplace in the lobby; tile, tubs, and toilets in many of the hotel room bathrooms; and hardwood floors throughout.Koreatown, with is prime location, great restaurant scene, and crucial transit access, is on the cusp of a big-time boom. The Vermont towers are on their way up, trendy hotel The Line is moving toward an opening, but nothing says "rebirth" like a boutiquey historic hotel saved from a trashy, stucco-y fate. In 2010, the 1928 Hotel Normandie at Sixth and Normandie was set to become a weed-friendly "pot-tel," which sounds fun but also stupid. Instead, the hotel was bought by a group of architects who peeled away years of insensitive updates (that lovely fireplace was totally obscured!) and rehabbed the property into what you see above. BroughtonHOTELS is now managing the 94-room hotel and several restaurants will be moving in on the ground floor soon (so far only Cassell's, a Ktown burger institution formerly down the street, has been announced). The Hotel Normandie was designed by Walker & Eisen, the same guys behind Downtown's United Artists Theatre building, aka the forthcoming Ace Hotel, and the new owners kept as many original details as possible--the neon sign and brick facade; the tile floors, fountain, and fireplace in the lobby; tile, tubs, and toilets in many of the hotel room bathrooms; and hardwood floors throughout.
Source:la.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/touring_koreatowns_refreshed_and_reopened_hotel_normandie_1.php
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