A few months ago I went on a little vaca to visit some friends and family in LA. While most of this time I stayed with my sweet sister-in-law, I did treat myself to a few nights at the Mondrian hotel. The Mondrian hotel was started by Ian Schrager. I took a ton of photos because the grounds as well as the rooms were spectacular! Enjoy!
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"Ian Schrager (born on July 19, 1946) is an American hotelier and real estate developer. Often associated with co-creating of the Boutique Hotel genre. Originally, he gained fame as co-owner and co-founder of Studio 54.
Schrager first became known for creating the New York nightclub Studio 54 with his partner, Steve Rubell. Such celebrities as Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, his wife Bianca Jagger and Truman Capote were Studio 54 regulars. The club closed when the pair were charged with income tax evasion and obstruction of justice, and then sentenced to three and a half years in jail. As partner Jack Dushey had given information against them, Rubell and Schrager themselves cooperated with authorities in naming other club owners who were skimming cash and their sentences were reduced to 20 months. Still a valuable property, Studio 54 was sold for $2.2 million in 1981.
Schrager and Rubell dabbled in nightclubs again by opening Palladium, but were unable to obtain a liquor license, so they set their sights on the hotel business.
They were able to purchase the Executive Hotel for the money they had, $60,000, and due to unusual terms, were able to use the hotel itself as collateral Reopening it as the Morgans Hotel, in 1984. (Morgans houses the highly successful restaurant Asia de Cuba by NY restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow.)
With their success of Morgans, they opened the successful Century Paramont Hotel, as well as acquiring and renovating the Royalton.
Schrager and Rubell dabbled in nightclubs again by opening Palladium, but were unable to obtain a liquor license, so they set their sights on the hotel business.
They were able to purchase the Executive Hotel for the money they had, $60,000, and due to unusual terms, were able to use the hotel itself as collateral Reopening it as the Morgans Hotel, in 1984. (Morgans houses the highly successful restaurant Asia de Cuba by NY restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow.)
With their success of Morgans, they opened the successful Century Paramont Hotel, as well as acquiring and renovating the Royalton.
Schrager started the Morgans Hotel Group (aka Ian Schrager Hotels) and opened the Royalton Hotel and the Hudson Hotel, in New York City, the Delano Hotel, in Miami, and the Sanderson Hotel and the St. Martin's Lane Hotel, in London, the Clift, in San Francisco, and the Mondrian Hotel, in Los Angeles.
By 1998, Schrager was the largest private hotelier in New York."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Schrager
By 1998, Schrager was the largest private hotelier in New York."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Schrager
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Inside my room!
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A view of the bed area
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The most amazing TV I have ever seen - it is a LARGE mirror until you turn it on!
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My view from the pool
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"In 1984, Morgans Hotel Group developed its first property, Morgans on Madison Avenue in New York City. An instant hit, the hotel revolutionized the hospitality industry with the introduction of the “Boutique Hotel” concept, characterized by personalized service and home-away-from-home ambiance in a setting of timeless elegance. This boutique concept was again showcased with great success at New York’s Royalton, in 2007, when the first property designed by Philippe Starck was re-imagined by Roman and Williams.
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