There was a funny hotel on W. 81st St. between CPW and Columbus,
directly opposite the Natural History museum that I stayed in once about
15-20 years ago. Very inexpensive and clean, certainly no frills, but
the personnel were rather brusque. Lots of people in the hotel seemed to
be permanent residents. I tried to look it up online and it seems to be
the Excelsior, but if it's the same place, it's super-expensive now
(cheapest room seems to be $229 on a weekday).
In 2001 I stayed at the surprisingly nice Best Western Woodward on W.
55th St. It was undergoing renovations at the time so I got my room for
about $110/night. Sure enough, it is now called the Majestic and is
more than double that price.
Julia Muney Moore
Public Art Administrator
Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, IN
(317) 875-5500 x230
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:23 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Fwd: Re: Visiting manhatten
oops, that url for the Belleclaire Hotels should be
http://www.hotelbelleclaire.com/index.html of course.
>>> Felicia Pickering 06/09 11:13 AM >>>
Manhattan hotels have gotten pretty pricey, even the "budget" ones.
We have stayed regularly at the Milburn Hotel, 242 West 76th St. (just
off
Broadway) 1-800-833-9622, which is perfectly adequate.
We somewhat prefer the Belleclaire Hotel, 250 W. 77th at Broadway
www.hotelbellclaire.com , but only the rooms with shared baths seem to
fit your price range.
The Upper West Side has lots of nice restaurants and also Zabars and
other
markets and food places, and these hotels are close to the American
Museum
of Natural History and to buses and the subway. It is a quick trip
across
the park to the Upper East Side museums.
Another option would be to try www.quikbook.com and look for bargains.
Click on Find/Book a Hotel in the top menu bar on the web page and you
will
have a search screen where you can specify price range.
Finally, since this is a museum list ... please make note of a couple of
small and relatively new museums that are worth a visit: The Lower East
Side Tenement Museum http://www.tenement.org/ (they have a virtual tour
online http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html ), and
the
Neue Galerie http://neuegalerie.org/neuemain.html (which has a nice
cafe).
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