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Lokal Hotel Old City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Stay Lokal · Accessible Luxury
Philadelphia's first invisible-service hotel opened in April 2017 with six apartment-style lofts and no front desk: you get a door code, a full kitchen, and a washer-dryer instead of a lobby. Jersey Ice Cream Co. (Tara Mangini and Percy Bright) plastered the walls and built custom furniture inside a four-story Old City walk-up at 139 North 3rd Street that once made caps for Civil War soldiers.
- 6 rooms
- Opened 2017
- Neighborhood: Old City
- Interiors: Jersey Ice Cream Co. (Tara Mangini and Percy Bright)
About Lokal Hotel Old City
- The six named lofts (Tina, Louisa, Betsy, Will, Billy, Ben) mix studios and two-bedrooms, all with full kitchens; select two-bedrooms have clawfoot tubs.
- Postgreen Homes bought 139 N. 3rd Street in May 2016; previous lives include a Civil War cap shop, a liquor distributor, a shoe store, and Silicon Gallery.
- There is no elevator: it is a historic four-story walk-up, and guests must be 25 or older to book.
- Stay Lokal later opened a six-room Fishtown sister and a Cape May beach outpost.
History
Lokal Hotel Old City opened in April 2017 at 139 North 3rd Street as Philadelphia's first invisible-service apartment hotel: six lofts, no front desk, digital check-in. Postgreen Homes bought the historic walk-up in May 2016; Jersey Ice Cream Co. designed the interiors. The building previously housed a Civil War cap-making shop, a liquor distributor, a shoe store, and Silicon Gallery.
The setting
11-minute walk to Liberty Bell.
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