DeBaliviere wrote:Not what I was expecting.
Let's just make every thing out of brick or fake stucco.
I actually expected something like this but was hoping for something better.
:-s
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Let's just make every thing out of brick or fake stucco.
I actually expected something like this but was hoping for something better.
:-s
Grover wrote:A hotel in the Loop is fantastic - I just feel that this could have really announced that the Loop had arrived! The Pageant is great too, but cheesy construction. RAC and a couple other buildings had started to add a modern/slight better design feel. It seems like we're not moving forward anymore.
I agree wholeheartedly. This is a major step backwards in architectural design for the Loop.
OK, it could be better. I don't like the hat/tower thing. It looks like they just stuck it on an old design. Overall, I am OK with the plan. Mostly because the hotel will be a good addition to the neighborhood and is well located for the guests. I would love to stay there. I used to live a block or two from this location and can't believe how much this area has improved since Metrolink opened. Makes me happy and feel good about the future. I was hoping for something more exciting. But, it sits back & will only be a backdrop on the streetscape. It reminds me of a hotel just outside of Georgetown in DC that sits back in the same way and has an off the street canopy area for cars. The building itself isn't exciting and easily overlooked. But, it does add a bit of vitality to the block.
Expat wrote: it sits back & will only be a backdrop on the streetscape.
Yes, exactly. That's why I'm so dissappointed with the design. This building should have added to the streetscape. It should have been bold and exciting, like the Loop itself.
U-City’s Moonrise Hotel
St. Louis Commerce Magazine
September 2007
University City visionary and entrepreneur Joe Edwards will soon be adding a boutique hotel to his list of accomplishments.
“I’ve always felt over the last decade that it was time for the Loop to have a hotel,” Edwards says. “It’s one of the last major pieces in the puzzle. There are the wonderful restaurants, the Pageant Night Club, Blueberry Hill. There are 10 places where people can hear live music in this six-block area.”
Edwards went on to list the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the Crafts Alliance, COCA, Washington University’s E. Desmond Lee Auditorium and the Regional Arts Commission as having a major presence in the area “with more things to come.”
He says the hotel is in response to questions from Loop visitors about where to stay after they’ve seen music groups perform at the many venues in the area.
“I think a lot of musicians will also stay here,” Edwards says. “Even if they’re playing the Amphitheater, or Scottrade in addition to The Loop. Many of them come here to go to different restaurants and music clubs, maybe see Chuck Berry or a band at the Pageant, and they want to know where they can stay that’s close.”
The seven-story boutique hotel, estimated at $95 million, will be constructed between the Pageant Theater and Pin-Up Bowl at 6177 Delmar Blvd. At 95,000 square feet, it will have 130 rooms with suites, a restaurant and bar, and rooftop patio.
“It will be a fun, interesting hotel as opposed to the chain hotels,” Edwards says. “It will be unique to St. Louis with its own design, feel and theme, and will add to the scene. I think people will find it interesting to stay here. It won’t be your typical hotel.”
He hopes to open the Moonrise by the end of 2008.
Source: Hotels More Than A Bed
St. Louis Commerce Magazine
September 2007
University City visionary and entrepreneur Joe Edwards will soon be adding a boutique hotel to his list of accomplishments.
“I’ve always felt over the last decade that it was time for the Loop to have a hotel,” Edwards says. “It’s one of the last major pieces in the puzzle. There are the wonderful restaurants, the Pageant Night Club, Blueberry Hill. There are 10 places where people can hear live music in this six-block area.”
Edwards went on to list the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the Crafts Alliance, COCA, Washington University’s E. Desmond Lee Auditorium and the Regional Arts Commission as having a major presence in the area “with more things to come.”
He says the hotel is in response to questions from Loop visitors about where to stay after they’ve seen music groups perform at the many venues in the area.
“I think a lot of musicians will also stay here,” Edwards says. “Even if they’re playing the Amphitheater, or Scottrade in addition to The Loop. Many of them come here to go to different restaurants and music clubs, maybe see Chuck Berry or a band at the Pageant, and they want to know where they can stay that’s close.”
The seven-story boutique hotel, estimated at $95 million, will be constructed between the Pageant Theater and Pin-Up Bowl at 6177 Delmar Blvd. At 95,000 square feet, it will have 130 rooms with suites, a restaurant and bar, and rooftop patio.
“It will be a fun, interesting hotel as opposed to the chain hotels,” Edwards says. “It will be unique to St. Louis with its own design, feel and theme, and will add to the scene. I think people will find it interesting to stay here. It won’t be your typical hotel.”
He hopes to open the Moonrise by the end of 2008.
Source: Hotels More Than A Bed
Okay, I had no idea that this was a $95M dollar hotel. At $95-million dollars this hotel should be more spectacular architecturally.
Now if we can get a full-service grocery store in the Loop we'll be in business.
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Pete's isn't too far off as well. Hanley and Olive.
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This project was always presented as a "boutique hotel." After seeing the monster pictured there, I had to look up the meaning of the phrase just to be sure I hadn't misunderstood.
Here's Wikepedia:
Boutique hotel is a term originating in North America to describe intimate, usually luxurious or quirky hotel environments. Boutique hotels differentiate themselves from larger chain/branded hotels and motels by providing personalized level accommodation and services / facilities. Sometimes known as "design hotels" or "lifestyle hotels", boutique hotels began in the 1980s in major cities like New York, London, and San Francisco.
What happened to "intimate" and "quirky." This thing looks destined to be sterile and conventional. It's a total waste of the old funeral home. Might as well just tear the historic home and build a real honest Embassy Suites.
And I don't get all the excitement on this site about the size of the project. Does the Delmar Loop need/want a conference hotel?! Are accountants at a training seminar going to shop for obscene Stl-themed t-shirts after taking in a Lucinda Williams concert? (And don't we have enough of those hotels downtown and along the highways.) A small, interesting hotel would have been a wonderful addition to the neighborhood. This thing just overwhelms the street. It will be a pompous beacon of the uncool.
Here's Wikepedia:
Boutique hotel is a term originating in North America to describe intimate, usually luxurious or quirky hotel environments. Boutique hotels differentiate themselves from larger chain/branded hotels and motels by providing personalized level accommodation and services / facilities. Sometimes known as "design hotels" or "lifestyle hotels", boutique hotels began in the 1980s in major cities like New York, London, and San Francisco.
What happened to "intimate" and "quirky." This thing looks destined to be sterile and conventional. It's a total waste of the old funeral home. Might as well just tear the historic home and build a real honest Embassy Suites.
And I don't get all the excitement on this site about the size of the project. Does the Delmar Loop need/want a conference hotel?! Are accountants at a training seminar going to shop for obscene Stl-themed t-shirts after taking in a Lucinda Williams concert? (And don't we have enough of those hotels downtown and along the highways.) A small, interesting hotel would have been a wonderful addition to the neighborhood. This thing just overwhelms the street. It will be a pompous beacon of the uncool.
St. Louis has always boasted its share of luxury hotels with such venerable institutions as the elegant Chase Park Plaza and the Roberts Mayfair Hotel.
Is the author on the Roberts payroll or just a family friend? I hope people don't come away with the impression that the Roberts Mayfair is one of our "luxury" hotels. Maybe the Ritz or the Westin or even the Adams Mark are more worthy of the term?
Is Edwards running the restaurant too or is he leasing out the space?
This is great news for city. The only way for the loop to go is east, It is already filling on all the way to des peres.
Although I'm glad this project is going forward, I hope the rendering is very far from what gets built. That style might work for the meat packing district in NYC, but I don't think it works in the East Loop.
Yes, I noticed that too, and then threw up in my mouth a little bit (was just reminded of my stays there). Maybe it will be once they complete the renovation/tower, but considering the way they have run the place to date, I'm not holding my breath.Bastiat wrote:St. Louis has always boasted its share of luxury hotels with such venerable institutions as the elegant Chase Park Plaza and the Roberts Mayfair Hotel.
Is the author on the Roberts payroll or just a family friend? I hope people don't come away with the impression that the Roberts Mayfair is one of our "luxury" hotels. Maybe the Ritz or the Westin or even the Adams Mark are more worthy of the term?
Financing Closes
"Lodging Hospitality Management and Joe Edwards closed Nov. 14 on financing for the partners' planned $30 million boutique hotel in the Delmar Loop."
source: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/ ... ory11.html
"Lodging Hospitality Management and Joe Edwards closed Nov. 14 on financing for the partners' planned $30 million boutique hotel in the Delmar Loop."
source: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/ ... ory11.html
This looks like it could be on an outlot of Chesterfield Mall. In the LEAST, they should rework that ridiculous looking tower thing.. The Loop deserves better. Joe, you're the best, but come on, this rendering ain't so hot... 
The contemporary-1980s facade is really terrible. Looks like a Ramada, but taller.
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12/06/07 about 8:00 a.m. 
The 15-foot setback will be good; it's the depth of the front section of the funeral home.
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The 15-foot setback will be good; it's the depth of the front section of the funeral home.
Yep, much appreciated. Especially since there really are pedestrians on the street here.
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As someone who works downtown, I am shocked that they are not only not closing the sidewalk but they are also not closing the street. How will they ever have enough room to build?