Cozying Up to The Jane
I have yet to stay a night at The Jane -- Bowery Hotel honchos Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson's trendy makeover of the old downtrodden Hotel Riverview at 113 Jane Street.
But industry blog Hotel Chatter recently checked in and came away with this video-enhanced report on its tiny, 50-square-foot rooms, its "baked-in aroma" of body odors, its noisy A/C units, and its strange interactions between overnight guests and the low-rent SRO tenants that the new guys in charge just can't seem to get rid of:
When you plod down the hallway for a middle-of-the-night pee, The Jane takes on a sort of dorm-like air, except that your neighbor isn't the star of your school's rugby team but some old guy in his boxers watching The Simpsons with his door cracked.
Still, only $99 a night--whatta bargain!
Stay Away from The Jane. The super cute website neglects to mention that this place has some really scary full-time tenants who live in rooms next to the hotel rooms and spend a lot of time screaming in the halls in the middle of the night. To get the real scoop on "The Jane" check out the reviews for "Hotel Riverview". While the interior of the room is acceptable, (other than a bed that only Dracula would have found comfortable -its basically a board), this place is scary. If you wake up to pee at night, you might think twice before emerging from your room and walking through the two ladies screaming at other in the hall to get to the bathroom. On the other hand, given that the elevator is perpetually out of service, well, you won't complain about the lack of gym facilities after walking up and down the five flights in the non-air-conditioned building. Stay away.
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