Loft 523 is a boutique hotel located at 523 Gravier Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, [1] in the New Orleans Central Business District. [2] The building was erected in the 1880s [3] as a carriage and dry-goods warehouse, [4] and it was purchased and renovated by real-estate developer Sean Cummings. [3] It features eighteen loft style guestrooms, three of which are penthouses. [4]
Loft 523's style has been described by Frommers as "Jetsons-futuristic-meets-New York City-minimalist fantasy", incorporating modern design, as well as elements that reference the building's origins. [4] A desk in the lobby was made from cypress beams salvaged from the renovation, and the rooms feature stained concrete floors and doors clad in hand-hammered copper. [2] Elements of the original structure can be seen throughout the building, including exposed plasterwork, cast-iron columns, and raw timber beams. [1] Revealing elements of its history as a warehouse, many of the rooms have twelve-foot ceilings and full-length windows. [5]
The rooms are designed to resemble loft apartments, rather than traditional hotel rooms, and they are numbered apartment-style (1A, 2B, etc.) Furniture and fixtures include Agape "Spoon" tubs, [5] Fortuny floor lamps, [2] and platform beds by local craftsman Shane Porter. Two of the penthouses have rooftop aquatic Zen gardens. [3]
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