Cool hotel - but not to stay at
Having lived in NYC for many years, I used to go to the Hudson Hotel for drinks and dinner in the 2000's (at the Library Bar - which is still an awesome space, the clubby place, at what used to be Hudson Cafeteria, and outside on the terrace). I needed a hotel for the night, so I found the cheapest "decent" hotel available in NYC, which happened to be the Hudson. Since it is super close to a useful subway stop at Columbus Circle, and I had positive memories of the place from the times I've gone to the aforementioned places within the Hudson, I decided I would stay there. I wasn't expecting much and wasn't intending to spend a lot of time in my room. However, the room we received was literally no bigger than many closet and, to top it off, incredibly dark with no overhead lighting. The woman who checked us in seemed excited to give us a "newly renovated room." I could only imagine what the non-renovated rooms look like! I am a small person (a 5' 3" woman), and I could barely sit on the toilet without my knees hitting the wall. Yikes. If I were coming to stay in NYC for more than 1 night, I would've had to switch hotels. There was literally not even a space for a suitcase, if I had had one. We paid like $255 for the night on kayak.com (the cheapest rate available on any of the major travel sites), and I definitely felt ripped off for what we got. I won't stay here again, but I'll probably be back for drinks on the rooftop or at the Library Bar! Those spaces are still pretty cool after all these years.