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The Standard Downtown Mural Delivers With Deedee Cheriel

Vanessa Coblentz | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Deedee Cheriel, Street Art, La Art, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles Standard Hotel, Public Art, La Around Town, Theh Standard Los Angeles Public Mural, Public Murals, LA Art Scene, LA Artmurals Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Vanessa Coblentz

Acclaimed Los Angeles artist and all around cool girl, Deedee Cheriel brings her iconic imagery to the downtown Standard Hotel's 6th street mural program.

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The East Village Standard Wants To Make Nice With The East Village

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: New York Hotels, NY Around Town, Standard East Village, Andre Balazs, East Village, Standard Hotel, Ny News, New York News

Could an order of $7 french fries and outdoor ping-pong help chronic hotelier Andre Balazs convince East Village residents his new hotel will not be l...

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Curtis M. Wong

Here's Johnny: Skating Champ Sounds Off On 2014 Olympic Pursuits, Music And Married Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 03.27.2012

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If you thought that Johnny Weir would mellow as he settled into married life, think again. The three-time U.S. champion figure skater, who tied th...

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The High Line, 'Make Out Park Of NYC,' Brings In The Most Tickets For Illegal Drinking

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Illegal Drinking, Meatpacking District, Ny News, New York Parks, NY Around Town, New York City Parks, Diane Von Furstenberg, The High Line, Standard Hotel, New York News

The High Line has come a long way from its dilapidated railway days to receiving record $20 million donations from fancy supporters. Now it looks like...

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The Standard Hotel's Ice Rink Is OPEN

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: NY Around Town, New York Around Town, Standard Ice Rink Nyc, Standard Hotel, Ice Skating New York, Johnny Weir, New York News

The Standard Hotel debuted its 3,000 square foot ice rink last year, offering up skating lessons, ice hockey tournaments, and fashion shows and all ot...

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The Roots, Courtney Love Rock Fashion Week Parties

Simona Rabinovitch | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Russelll Simons, CBGB's, Carine Roitfeld, Neon Indian, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld & Andy Valmorbida, Nur Khan, Boom Boom Room, Calvin Klein, Terry Richardson, Standard Hotel, Fashion's Night Out, Hiro Ballroom, Courtney Love, Artspace.com, Nick Cave, Mondrian SoHo, Beastie Boys, New York Fashion Week Spring 2012, Giorgio Armani, Lindsay Lohan, DeLeon Tequila, Phillips De Pury & Company, Richard Hembleton, Fashion Week, Lykke Li, John Varvatos, Belvedere Vodka, Blackbook, Versace, Indochine, Dream Downtown, Drake, Gary Clark Jr., New York Fashion Week, James Murphy, Purple Magazine, Style News
Simona Rabinovitch

It's those little surprises that make it all worthwhile, and I'm speaking of both parties and real life. For me, those welcome moments summed up my experience navigating New York Fashion Week's party scene this season.

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A Wild Life in the Arts: The Indiscretion of James Hayward

Gordy Grundy | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Modern Art, Humor, Cool School, Venice Beach Cool School, Ed Moses, John Baldessari, Standard Hotel, Venice Beach, Art, Tulsa Kinney, Slidepollajax, Contemporary Art, James Hayward, Artillery Magazine, Minneola Press, Books News
Gordy Grundy

James Hayward has distinguished himself as a painter, perceptive and tactile. His new book Indiscretion, from Minneola Press, is a chronicle of a ribald life in the arts as well as a glimpse of SoCal living.

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Salman Rushdie Picks Books For New York Hotel's Guest Rooms

Reuters | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Authors, Book Picks, Hotel Nightstand, Guest Room Reading, Satanic Verses, Pen, Reading Picks, William Faulkner, Walt Whitman, Housing Works, Standard Hotel, Salman Rushdie, Hotel Reading, Books News

Acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie has come to the aid of guests who check into a trendy Manhattan hotel with nothing to read, choosing 13 celebrated A...

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PHOTOS: DIVINE DESIGN: 15 Hottest Hotel Lobbies In New York City

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hotels, Art, Plaza Hotel, Hospitality, New York City, Architecture, Design, Slidepollajax, Gramercy, St Regis, Standard Hotel, Interior Design, New York, Arts News

I remember the days when New York City hospitality was defined by such institutions as the Plaza Hotel and the Waldorf Astoria. These hotels were rega...

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PHOTOS: Kanye West Surprise Performance At Boom Boom Room Re-Opening

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Fashion Week Parties, Kanye West, Top of the Standard, Fashion Week Parties, Andre Balazs, NY Around Town, Fashion Week, Standard Hotel, Slidepollajax, Boom Boom Room, Nyc Around, New York Fashion Week, New York News

The space formerly known as the Boom Boom Room reopened Thursday night after closing for most of the summer. While it's not entirely clear what's d...

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Target Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular Lights Up Standard Hotel (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standard Hotel, Nyc Culture, Nyc Events, Liz Lange, Katrina Bowden, Nyc Around, Samantha Swetra, Target Fashion Show, Charlie Mars, Slidepollajax, Mary-Louise Parker, Target Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular, Emma Snowdon-Jones, Prabal Gurung, Roxy Olin, Penn Badgley, NYC Shopping, New York News

Target's threads glowed brightly during the Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular at the Standard Hotel last night. The retail chain filled 155 hotel roo...

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REJECTED: Boom Boom Room Toughest Door In NYPost Experiment

New York Post | SUSANNAH CAHALAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Nightlife, Boom Boom Room, Standard Hotel, Boom Boom Room Standard Hotel, Top of the Standard, The Standard, New York News

The hardest place to get in was the star-studded Boom Boom Room, where celebs like Madonna and Marc Jacobs get down.The club denied all six of our cha...

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Hugh Grant Shuts Down Soho House Floor

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trophy Wife, Hugh Grant, Voula Duval Trophy Wife, SoHo House, Le Bain Rooftop, Standard Hotel, Voula Duval, Nyc Around, New York News

Ain't no party like a Hugh Grant Party. The always charmingly befuddled actor reportedly got the folks at Soho House to shut down the entire sixth ...

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Boom Boom Room To Go Private

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standard Hotel, Exlusive Boom Boom Room, Boom Boom Room Club, Boom Boom Room, New York News, Nyc Around, Nyc Events, New York News

The celebrity stuffed Boom Boom Room is about to get even more exclusive. The Standard Hotel, which houses the club, got permission from Community Bo...

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What Could Twitter Do? Benetton Experiments With Their Ads

Zandile Blay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zandile Blay

The creative powers that be at Benetton must have grown sensitive to the need for change. Enter today's quicker fixer upper: Twitter.

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New York's Standard Hotel Opens New Rooftop Bar Friday

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Standard Hotel, one of New York's (and Andre Balazs' for that matter) It-places, opens its new rooftop bar overlooking the Hudson River tomorrow. ...

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PHOTOS: Internet Week Goes Glam At The Standard's Topguest Launch

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, The Standard Hotel, Topguest, Standard Hotel, The Standard, New York News

The Standard Hotel is known more for Fashion Week than for Internet Week, but that didn't stop new social media travel rewards program Topguest from h...

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Donna Karan, Mary J. Blige, and Andre Harrell: For the Love of Haiti

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Russell Simmons, Donna Karan, Mary J. Blige, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Mark Hyman, Whoopi Goldberg, Oscar De La Renta, Andre Balazc, Robert De Niro, Partners in Health, Urban Zen, Standard Hotel, Andre Harrell, Wyclef Jean, Gayle King, Carolina Herrera, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Anna Wintour, Help for Haiti, Impact News
Alison Rose Levy

The Hope Help & Relief Haiti benefit on Monday followed Donna Karan's lead: "Let's join together as a community to help the Haitians rebuild their communities. Dreams can come true."

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Sasha Lazard Puts The Boom in Boom Boom

Sabine Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Serena Merriman, Jamie Johnson, P. Diddy, Andre Balazs, Bob-Pittman, Anne Hearst, Zoe Kazan, Boom Boom Room, Standard Hotel, Todd English, Jason Wu, Boom Boom Room Standard Hotel, Donna Karan, Slideshow, Andrew Saffir, Sasha Lazard, New York News
Sabine Heller

Sasha Lazard, a classically trained opera singer, who rebelliously pioneered her own musical genre, kicked off a monthly concert series last night with André Balazs, putting the boom in the space formerly known as Boom Boom Room.

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Rails and Roads to Trails

Kevin Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Side Highway, Lirr, Westway, West Side Freight Railroad, Chelsea, Staten Island North Shore, Long Island Rail Road, Vanderbilt Cup Race, Javits-Convention-Center, West Village, High Line, Long Island, Friends of the High Line, Standard Hotel, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, New York News
Kevin Walsh

While the rehabilitation of the High Line as a lively urban space is one of the more exciting things to happen to NYC's streetscapes in years, it's not the first such transformation to take place.

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Courtney Love Has Toilet Tantrum

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don't interrupt Courtney Love while she's in the bathroom. The rocker "went nuts" when a guest at a party at the Standard Hotel opened an unlocked ba...

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The High Line -- New York's Latest Public Park Where Apparently Nudity Abounds

Mike McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike McCready

This park offers great views of the neighborhood and of the Hudson River - and apparently of the people staying in The Standard Hotel in all their nudity and lewd behavior.

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Hotel Exhibitionists Put On Show For Park-Goers, Voyeurs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Some guests at a New York City hotel near an elevated park have been offering unobstructed views of themselves. Guests at the Standa...

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