Tags: nyc, the standard hotel
Normally tourists and citizens would be cheering when a new hotel opens. The Standard Hotel in New York City overlooks High Line Park – a new “rails to trails” greenway in the Meatpacking District. The room comes with great views of the park in an upcoming neighborhood in downtown Manhattan. Sounds great, right?
The hotel is becoming a source of conflict for park-goers. While guests may enjoy their floor to ceiling windows, standard in every guest room, park-goers are provided with, well let’s say, more view than they were expecting. Since opening, people at the park have been provided with views of guests having sex, filming porn, guests toweling off and dressing, and guests pleasuring themselves.
The hotel management states that “the hotel will make a concerted effort to remind all guests of the transparency of the guest room windows.” However, the hotel has also stated that in the past they have encouraged guests to pose in front of the windows, to create a buzz and attention drawn to the hotel. And when reporters checked into the hotel, they weren’t given any reminder of the transparency of the windows.
So for now, you might want to avoid glancing into the glass windows during the evening and overnight hours, and hope for the best during daytime visits to the park!
