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The High Line Hotel
New York City, New York, United States · Independent · Core Luxury
The High Line Hotel began in 1895 as a dormitory for the General Theological Seminary, part of a Gothic Revival campus Charles C. Haight modeled on Oxford and Cambridge. The land was Clement Clarke Moore's, the author of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, who gave it to the Episcopal Church in 1817. The hotel opened in 2013 with about 60 rooms around a private garden, beside the park it is named for.
- Neighborhood: Chelsea
About The High Line Hotel
- The building went up in 1895 as student housing for the General Theological Seminary, in Collegiate Gothic style by architect Charles C. Haight.
- Haight based the seminary campus on Oxford and Cambridge, and it fills a block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and 20th and 21st Streets.
- Clement Clarke Moore, author of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, owned the land and gave it to the Episcopal Church in 1817.
- The hotel soft-opened in May 2013 with about 60 rooms overlooking a private garden and the High Line.
Restaurants and bars
- Intelligentsia Coffee — Café
- Alta Linea — Restaurant · Italian
- Ingo's — Restaurant
Experiences
- Brainteasers and illusions with magician David Kwong — David Kwong performs mind-bending illusions for guests in the gothic Hoffman Hall.
- Outdoor drinks under the stars in the Parisian-inspired garden — Grab a glass of wine and enjoy a night under the stars in the garden.
- Pumpkin carving evening — An eerie evening of pumpkin carving in the neo-Gothic architecture setting.
Amenities
- Secluded garden / courtyard garden
- Front garden
- Parisian inspired garden
- Food trucks outside
- Shinola bicycles
- Faux-rotary phones
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