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Standouts Hotel NYC The Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District in New York City belongs to famous hotelier Andre Balazs, who owns, among other hotels in New York, the Mercer. The Standard Hotel is placed over concrete pylons and is located over the High Line, one of the most attractive areas in Manhattan. The total height of the building is 265 feet, with the hotel boasting 18 stories of rooms (Gardner, 2009). The total surface of the hotel is 206,872 square feet and the glass walls offer 360 degrees cityscapes.

The hotel was constructed by architect Todd Schliemann, who works for the Polshek...

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Other works that Schliemann has created in the past included the Rose Center for Earth and Space, designed for the American Museum of Natural History and the Weill Greenberg Center, both in New York.
The Standard Hotel has 338 guest rooms, with a variety of options, starting with the standard queen, the standard king and the deluxe queen and king. The Hudson Studio, the Liberty Suite and the Empire Suite are some of the more expensive options in the hotel. The Standard also includes different food and drink options, such as the Standard Grill and the bar called Le…

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Hughes, C.J. 2014. Standard Hotel sells for $400M to Standard International. The Real Deal. On the Internet at http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/02/18/standard-hotel-sells-for-400m-to-standard-international/. Last retrieved on September 16, 2014
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