I love your writing and how you paint a picture about your experience. Am known to start reading a book by checking the ending and I am often impatient when reading articles that I skip a paragraph or two. Your stories however keep my skimmness (it’s not a word I know) at bay 😇
Emma! This is my go to aperitivo place! (as well as a love hospitality brand for me, their brand identity is auteur level). We should grab a drink next time you drop by 🌞 I never thought of it through the lens of messy glam btw, you put such a good spin on it!
Character is the point here, and it is the hardest thing to build on purpose. The Bowery works because it has a point of view and does not try to please everyone. A clear point of view ages better than a perfect scorecard.
I love that your version of trashing the hotel room is basically 2am truffle fries and writing poems on the stationery 😂 Honestly, much better than throwing the TV out the window.
Emma — New York is home for me, and I’ve done a staycation at The Bowery more than once. So I completely understand the feeling of checking in and not wanting to leave.
What I love most about The Bowery is that Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode never turned its success into a formula. I wrote about this in Can Authenticity Survive Scale? — the difference between translating an idea and simply replicating it.
Look at The Bowery, The Jane, The Marlton, The Ludlow and Hotel Chelsea, including the work Sean and Eric have done with Richard Born and Ira Drukier. There’s a thread connecting them — New York, music, history, culture, a little mischief — but they don't feel like versions of the same hotel. Each has its own design, soul and relationship with its neighborhood.
They created a point of view without turning it into a prototype.
When I think about the people who have shaped New York hospitality, these gentlemen immediately come to mind.
Great article, Emma. And yes, The Bowery really is one of those rare hotels where staying there can make a New Yorker feel like they’re visiting New York again. - MarcAnthony
I love your writing and how you paint a picture about your experience. Am known to start reading a book by checking the ending and I am often impatient when reading articles that I skip a paragraph or two. Your stories however keep my skimmness (it’s not a word I know) at bay 😇
Thank you so much Sonja <3 this means everything! I’m framing it!
Awww! I am glad I shared it then 🥰
Emma! This is my go to aperitivo place! (as well as a love hospitality brand for me, their brand identity is auteur level). We should grab a drink next time you drop by 🌞 I never thought of it through the lens of messy glam btw, you put such a good spin on it!
Next time we must!!! Thanks for being here Oli!
Character is the point here, and it is the hardest thing to build on purpose. The Bowery works because it has a point of view and does not try to please everyone. A clear point of view ages better than a perfect scorecard.
A hundred million percent agree! I wrote about the sentiment here
I love that your version of trashing the hotel room is basically 2am truffle fries and writing poems on the stationery 😂 Honestly, much better than throwing the TV out the window.
I’m working my way up to the tv!!!
Baby steps haha. Please report back before management does.
FAB post, as always. I'm dying to stay at The Bowery!
You would LOVE it!!!
You had me at vice, art, danger, glamour in a hotel review, Emma!
You get me <333
Sounds like I need to visit the Bowery
it was drool-worthy
Emma — New York is home for me, and I’ve done a staycation at The Bowery more than once. So I completely understand the feeling of checking in and not wanting to leave.
What I love most about The Bowery is that Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode never turned its success into a formula. I wrote about this in Can Authenticity Survive Scale? — the difference between translating an idea and simply replicating it.
Look at The Bowery, The Jane, The Marlton, The Ludlow and Hotel Chelsea, including the work Sean and Eric have done with Richard Born and Ira Drukier. There’s a thread connecting them — New York, music, history, culture, a little mischief — but they don't feel like versions of the same hotel. Each has its own design, soul and relationship with its neighborhood.
They created a point of view without turning it into a prototype.
When I think about the people who have shaped New York hospitality, these gentlemen immediately come to mind.
Great article, Emma. And yes, The Bowery really is one of those rare hotels where staying there can make a New Yorker feel like they’re visiting New York again. - MarcAnthony
the end of optimization is the best thing to happen to hotels. Character can't be A/B tested. It just has to be lived in!
Nick cave used to stay here. 👌
The Rolling Stones forever 🖤