Posted: 3/3/16 at 3:21pm
I heard a rumor that the Hotel Carter (on 43rd St.) has been shut down, although I can't finding any confirmation online. Does anyone know if this is true?
Posted: 3/3/16 at 3:23pm
One less 5 star NY hotel closes. A sigh of relief is the sound you hear.
Posted: 3/3/16 at 3:28pm
It's been closed for at least a year and half. Property was sold and new owner is doing multi-million dollar renovation. At least, that was what I was told when I asked while stage dooring at On The 20th Century.
Posted: 3/3/16 at 3:29pm
Really been going downhill since opening night of Bombshell.
Posted: 3/3/16 at 3:34pm
ArtMan said: "It's been closed for at least a year and half. Property was sold and new owner is doing multi-million dollar renovation. At least, that was what I was told when I asked while stage dooring at On The 20th Century."
Yeah, I think that's correct.
Posted: 3/3/16 at 4:50pm
It should have been condemned 25 years ago- what a hellhole....those poor tourists who stayed there because it was cheap- it was like a combination crack house, mental institution and garbage dump.
Posted: 3/3/16 at 5:20pm
In the early 1980's, I remember going in there to audition for a showcase of Barry Manilow's musical version of The Drunkard. There was a theatre off the lobby, as I recall. Not in very good shape then and it only got worse through the years.
Posted: 3/3/16 at 8:59pm
The Hotel Carter's slogan: "Don't look under the bed!"
http://gothamist.com/2007/08/31/womans_body_wra.php
Carter is an anagram for Ratrec and rats had recreational use there.
As a former NYC Travel Expert for TripAdvisor I often advised visitors not to stay there, but it was so damn cheap they couldn't resist. Afterwards, they always regretted it.
Updated On: 3/3/16 at 08:59 PM
