Hotel Giraffe

Hotel in Manhattan, New York

40°44′32″N 73°59′05″W / 40.74222°N 73.98472°W / 40.74222; -73.98472Opening1999Design and constructionArchitect(s)Stephen Jacobs

Hotel Giraffe is a luxury hotel in Rose Hill, Manhattan, New York City. It has won many awards, such as Best Boutique Hotel–2007, according to CitySearch.com. Hotel Giraffe is located at the northeast corner of Park Avenue South and 26th Street.

The establishment is part of the Library Hotel Collection, a boutique hotel group owned by Henry Kallan. There are four hotels within the LHC: the Hotel Giraffe, the Casablanca Hotel Times Square, the Library Hotel, and the Hotel Elysee.

Hotel Giraffe opened in December 1999^[1] and was upgraded several times in its first decade.

Design

Architect Stephen Jacobs and his wife, interior designer Andi Pepper were in charge of the design of the building when Henry Kallan opened Hotel Giraffe in 1999.^[2]

Guestrooms at Hotel Giraffe are inspired by the rich lavish colors and textures of the Art Moderne Period. Hotel Giraffe offers 73 guestrooms, including 21 suites.

News and media

Hotel Giraffe was shown in Sex and the City: The Movie. The Piano Suite was transformed into Mr. Big's apartment. The penthouse at Hotel Giraffe stood in for "Big's" apartment in the film; other scenes were shot in the hotel as well.^[3] The Hotel offered a "Divas weekend."

References

^ Holusha, John (March 15, 2000). "Commercial Real Estate; Giraffe, a Hotel Raising Its Independent Profile". The New York Times.
^ Radomsky, Rosalie (November 7, 1999). "Owner Names New Hotel After His Favorite Animal". The New York Times.
^ Wakeman, Jessica (May 27, 2008). "'Sex and the City' New York hotspots". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014.

External links

Official website
Review of Hotel Giraffe [1]New York Magazine [2008]

East Side of Manhattan (14th–34th Streets, east of Fifth Ave)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

14th–23rd Sts	15 Union Square West 18 Gramercy Park 44 Union Square 91-93 Fifth Avenue 121 East 22nd 889 Broadway 935–939 Broadway Bank of the Metropolis Century Building Church Missions House Consolidated Edison Building Decker Building Everett Building Flatiron Building Lincoln Building Madison Square Park Tower One Madison Samuel J. Tilden House Scheffel Hall Scribner Building Society for the Lying-In Hospital Spingler Building Stuyvesant Apartments The St. George Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site United Charities Building Zeckendorf Towers
23rd–34th Sts	2 Park Avenue 3 Park Avenue 4 Park Avenue 29 East 32nd Street 69th Regiment Armory 203 East 29th Street 277 Fifth Avenue Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Carmel Place CBS 30th Street Studio Chester A. Arthur Home Demarest Building Emmet Building The Grand Madison Kips Bay Towers Madison Belmont Building Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Metropolitan Life North Building New York Life Building New York Merchandise Mart New York School of Applied Design for Women United States Post Office Waterside Plaza
Former	Jerome Mansion Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1854) Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906) St. Leo Church

Culture

Shops, restaurants, nightlife	15 East ABC Kitchen Atomix Casa Mono The Clocktower Eleven Madison Park Jua Laut Old Town Bar and Restaurant Pete's Tavern Rezdôra Second Avenue Deli Union Square Cafe Upland The Water Club Wolfgang's Steakhouse
Theaters, galleries, art venues	Daryl Roth Theatre Fotografiska New York Gramercy Theatre Holographic Studios Irving Plaza Peoples Improv Theater Swann Galleries Vineyard Theatre
Hotels	George Washington Hotel Gramercy Park Hotel Hotel Deauville Hotel Giraffe Hotel Kenmore Hall Hotel Le Marquis James New York – NoMad Martha Washington Hotel The Roger Hotel W New York Union Square
Clubs	Colony Club National Arts Club The Players
Former	Benno The Coffee Shop Con Edison Energy Museum The Cutting Room Devi Fleur de Sel Jazz Standard Juni Veritas

Green spaces
Asser Levy Recreation Center Bellevue South Park Gramercy Park Stuyvesant Cove Park Stuyvesant Square Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground

Education

Primary and secondary education	47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School Aaron School Baruch College Campus High School British International School of New York The Clinton School The École Friends Seminary Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Manhattan Trade School for Girls] PS 116 Salk School of Science School of the Future United Nations International School Washington Irving Campus
Higher education	Baruch College William and Anita Newman Library High School for Health Professions and Human Services Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing New York University College of Dentistry Norman Thomas High School

Religion
Calvary Church Chapel of Free Grace Church of the Epiphany Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El First Zen Institute of America Madison Avenue Baptist Church St. George's Episcopal Church St. Sebastian Church

Religion

Calvary Church
Chapel of Free Grace
Church of the Epiphany
Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel
Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen
Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal
Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El
First Zen Institute of America
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
St. George's Episcopal Church
St. Sebastian Church

Health
Bellevue Hospital New York Eye and Ear Infirmary NYU Langone Medical Center Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden Hassenfeld Children's Hospital New York University Grossman School of Medicine Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Transportation

Subway stations	First Avenue Third Avenue 14th Street–Union Square 23rd Street (Broadway) 23rd Street (Park Avenue South) 28th Street 33rd Street
Other transport	East 34th Street Ferry Landing East 34th Street Heliport New York Skyports Seaplane Base
Streets	Avenue C FDR Drive Lexington Avenue Park Avenue South First Avenue Second Avenue Third Avenue 14th Street 23rd Street 34th Street

Related topics
East 17th Street/Irving Place Historic District Gramercy Park Kips Bay Stuyvesant Square Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village

See also: Manhattan Community Board 6

Structures on Park Avenue in Manhattan

Below 32nd Street

770 Broadway
Daryl Roth Theatre
44 Union Square
200 South (Everett)
201 South (W New York)
225 South
281 South (Church Missions House)
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287 South (United Charities Building)
300 South
316 South (Met Life South Building)
324 South (Met Life North Building)
365 South (Hotel Giraffe)
370 South (New York Life Building)

32nd–59th Streets

Above 59th Street

502 (Trump Park Avenue)
520
535
550
593 (Central Presbyterian Church)
620
625
643 (Park Avenue Armory)
655
Harold Pratt House
Park Avenue Houses
- 680 (Percy R. Pyne House)
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730
737
740
903
970
980 (Church of St. Ignatius Loyola)
1000
Lewis G. Morris House
1010 (Park Avenue Christian Church)
Brick Presbyterian Church
George F. Baker Jr. Houses

Transportation

Subway stations	18th Street (former) 23rd Street 28th Street 33rd Street Grand Central–42nd Street
Railroad stations	Grand Central Terminal Grand Central Madison 59th Street (unused) 72nd Street (former) 86th Street (former) 110th Street (former) Harlem–125th Street
Bridges and tunnels	Subway tunnel (14th–42nd) Road tunnel (30th–42nd) Road viaduct (40th–46th) Railroad tunnel and viaduct Railroad bridge

Former/unbuilt

Belmont Hotel
42nd Street Airlines Terminal
175 (Grand Central Tower)
112 South (Murray Hill Hotel)
270 (Hotel Marguery)
270 (Union Carbide Building)
430 (Hoffman Auto Showroom)

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