Three years ago, the Ace Hotel opened in NoMad with spectacular fanfare and has since turned the hip hotel industry on its head, creating an all new "lifestyle" model: industrial vibe, retro dcor, open doors to the community, and the centrality of music and the F&B program. Last week in Seattle, we excitedly went to see its roots: Alex Calderwood's original hotel that started it all (above). What?!! It's only 28 rooms, in an out-of-the-way section of downtown, a bit of a hole-in-the-wall. Hotels.com rates it only a two-star, although with its famous name this week it was charging (in Seattle, mind you, not New York) $175.
Ace In The Hole
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