Posts from One Year Ago (2012)--Hotels and Hands-- Plus addition to Hotel Wolcott from Internet Review Site

Because of the extreme heat, I am going back into my files to look from stories I will bet you don't remember from last July...in this case I am updating the posting on the Hotel Wolcott with reviews from --whoops--there is something wrong with Yelp reviews from this, they start off from 2008 as latest reviews?--Well, am trying something from another review site

 Also, a little article about human hands as inspired by an advertising photo I saw for a hand and nail shop 

Old Hotels in Midtown --with Their Varied Lives

Old Midtown Hotels, as I have noted before, are now renovated after having had different "lives" in the different eras since they were built.

Shown here are two old Midtown Hotels that are renovated now... don't remember the name of the top one here but it was once a "Welfare Hotel" as so many of the old hotels were in the 1980's, where the City paid enormous amounts of money to house homeless families in usually wretched conditions.
(Roach and rodent infested places).

The bottom picture is of the Hotel Wolcott, which was built in 1904...now renovated into what is considered an "affordable" place ( by Manhattan standards). You can find more at this link

http://www.wolcott.com/historymain.html

Here are July 2013 reviews for Hotel Wolcott--

PLEASE NOTE: I do not know anything about this site that is supplying the reviews... However, I have been in the lobby of the Hotel and it seemed like a very  nice place to me and they did not mind when I asked if I could use their rest room there off the lobby..)

In my experience, even the nicest places get some bad or just so-so reviews, it is inevitable..

Wolcott Hotel

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4 West 31st Street, Between 5th Avenue & Broadway, New York City, NY 10001

(212) 268-2900

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Ranked #252 of 435 hotels in New York City

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“Reasonable value for mid-range hotel”

Reviewed July 18, 2013

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Oli-Ben-Zani

Washington DC, District of Columbia

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9 reviews

5 hotel reviews

1 helpful vote

“Reasonable value for mid-range hotel”

Reviewed July 18, 2013 NEW

I recently stayed at this hotel with my two sons aged 12 and 11. The location is great. Only a couple blocks directly south of the Empire State Building. This is a no frills hotel so do not expect anything other than a place to stay. Besides the location, the positives are that it is very clean and quiet. I... More

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lulu1172

Lausanne, Switzerland

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“Great location”

Reviewed July 17, 2013 NEW

One block from Empire state building so great location. The hotel itself is ok, muffins and coffee available (free of charge) every morning in the lobby but no free wifi. The room was spacious but no view as we were on the 3rd floor and would get quite noisy. Was overall good value for money

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Sovereign_72

Australia

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“You get what you pay for”

Reviewed July 17, 2013 NEW

My friends and i stayed in a triple room during our visit to NYC. We needed 1 nights accommodation after arriving from Australia before moving to our other accommodation for the other 4 nights. I found it quite hard to find a room that had 3 separate beds in Manhattan and, even though 1 of them ended up being a... More

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Raich-11

Avoca Beach, Australia

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“Good location at the right price”

Reviewed July 16, 2013 NEW via mobile

The best thing for this hotel is the central location and also close to penn station which is only 2 blocks away. For the price the rooms are great. We got the triple room and be aware the single bed in its own room is tiny. There is no door separating the two rooms and the bathroom is tiny. The... More

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Hopley1974

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“Gone downhill”

Reviewed July 14, 2013 NEW via mobile

We had stayed here before in 2002 and it was amazing value, now I know its ten years but what we paid for 1 night was what we paid for 4 nights before, you expect to pay a lot in NYC, BUT you will get a lot better service and smarter rooms if you shop around for less or about... More

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yyyzzz111

Ithaca, New York

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“Generally Good for the price”

Reviewed July 13, 2013 NEW

Booked a room here as I had stayed before and knew it was clean and not ridiculously priced. However, I was surprised that the room was $250 for one night and will probably look around at other hotels before staying here again. The front desk staff are borderline professional and have an attitude, just subtle enough to not be called... More

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Louise R

Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

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“Highly recommended if on a budget”

Reviewed July 9, 2013

I recently visited the Wolcott Hotel for a four night stay with my boyfriend and our friend. We booked a suite which had two bedrooms joined by an archway. Despite no door in between there was still enough privacy and the rooms were really spacious. The hotel is a bit dated but I think it added to the experience! You... More

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Madmillee

Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

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“Our New York Holiday!”

Reviewed July 7, 2013

My husband and I stayed at the Wolcott Hotel in May 2013, and we had a fantastic time! We found the hotel to be very reasonable. Our room wasn't ready when we got there so we were given a different room which was bigger than most other rooms judging by some of the pictures I've seen on the reviews of... More

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Danieljil

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“Highly recommended”

Reviewed July 4, 2013

We stayed two days in June at the Hotel. Located ideally,the room was clean large enough the bed very comportable. the view of the ESB was very nice. The coffee & mafin in the morning is nice.Overall I would highly recommend it & will love to stay there again

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Barry06

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“Great location and good sized room”

Reviewed July 4, 2013

I have been travelling to New York since 1977 and have stayed in many Hotels this was a quick stop over trip and I must say I was extremely surprised re this Hotel. I travelled with my son who is blind. The staff were extremely helpful room large for a New York hotel and the hotel located in a great... More

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Monday, August 6, 2012

Hands

Hands have fascinated artists as a subject at least since Michelangelo...woman's hand used in ad for salon hand treatment looks bizarre at first glance, doesn't it? It is some treatment probably meant to make hands look younger and increase collagen....noticed that skin on my hands has become thinner as I become older and in fact though this is normal I may ask my doctor if there is something safe I can take to help that ( been reading on internet about all sorts of foods which supposedly help your skin and what creams and lotions work the best.. when it comes to the lotion stuff, they are all geared, however, to women's care of their faces mostly and thus of little interest to me.) ( I just want to protect my face against UV exposure and pollution etc. especially since I have already have had Mohs surgery once --but dermatologist tells me cause of that comes from over exposure to sun in childhood really, too late to do anything about that).