Tag Archives: renovations

March 15 2013

Restoring Grandness

We are literally leaving no stone untouched here at The New York Palace, as we renovate the rest of the hotel by conducting a full masonry restoration. The Process As a New York landmark, we are required to get approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission before cleaning The Villard Mansion, which was originally constructed in 1882 by Henry Villard and now serves as an elegant venue for business meetings and special events. The Commission oversees all renovations to the hotel … Read More

March 12 2013

Keeping it Green at The New York Palace

Through our efforts to modernize The Palace, we wanted to keep the environment in mind and challenge ourselves to find new, eco-friendly features to include in the renovations. The green upgrades will benefit both the hotel and our guests by helping to reduce our collective carbon footprint, and will include features such as low-e technology for our windows that helps regulate guestroom temperatures. In addition, The New York Palace is a Green Key Certified hotel currently holding four Green Keys. … Read More

March 08 2013

Window Upgrades

In the past 30 years there is one thing that has not been altered at The Palace – our windows. With the exception of replacing the occasional leak or crack the current windows are original to the hotel’s inception, until now. Although the current windows have another ten years of life left in them, we wanted to maximize the guest experience by upgrading everything. Prior to the current renovations the windows simply served their basic purpose – to provide views, … Read More