Howard Johnson
Meet the Howard Johnson at 5 Allen Street
Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:48 am
The interweaving mess of scaffolding, plywood, and netting was dismantled rather recently, leaving an unencumbered view of the finger building.
Streets
5 Allen Street Hotel to Become Howard Johnson?
Last modified June 27, 2012 at 1:27 am
The slow-progressing, oft-delayed sliver hotel at 5 Allen Street now has a proper identity. And a price tag, to boot. More after the jump!
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GEM Hotel SoHo Tagged
Posted April 20, 2010 at 6:10 am
Late last week, the Forsyth Street facade of the trendy GEM Hotel SoHo was tagged. Not too long ago, this very building was a Howard Johnson Express.
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On the Old Bowery: There Before the Avalon
Last modified June 27, 2012 at 1:57 am
Check out this New York Times real estate blurb from March 1921, announcing the construction of a three-story structure at the southeast corner of Bowery and East Houston. Vincent Astor, son of the prominent John Jacob Astor IV, invested $32,000 in the property, currently the site of the Avalon mothership and its Whole Foods spawn.
