勒德洛酒店：映射着下东区的过去与现在-商业建筑|酒店-专筑网

勒德洛酒店：映射着下东区的过去与现在

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作为纽约曼哈顿传统的移民集中地，纽约下东区描绘了一个诚挚、真实、坚持向上的愿景。历史多变的邻近社区大胆重塑了其面貌。在麦当娜曾经留下标签的地方（其实很多是她的亲属），下东区总是持续不断的滋生着一些创造性的活动。这个地方用其让人感到和谐舒适的魅力吸引着时尚者、美食家、摩登家庭、社交人员、咖啡瘾者等各种人物，同其他多种多样的亚文化一起让人们忘记了城市的现实。虽然粗糙，但是下东区充满着魅力与活力。

像世界上许多典型的不理想的城市一样，下东区也向中产阶级化投降了。尽管有许多反对的声音，中产阶级化确实提供了很好的交易利好条件，特别是当曾经的辉煌建筑衰败之后。举例来说，纽约的旅馆老板Sean MacPherson、 Ira Drukier和Richard Born前来勒德洛街修缮被以前经融危机时开发商抛弃的破败的建筑。在修缮了坚固的砖墙立面以及工业厂房似的窗子之后，以前的破败建筑变成了如今的勒德洛酒店。它于2014年开业，有着184间客房，用色彩反映着下东区过去的活力与历史。这个旅馆将该地区从“纽约黑帮”时代到犹太移民野生艺术时代再到80年代的音乐历史生动地展现在人民面前。（来自新闻报道）

Traditionally the immigrant heart of Manhattan, New York’s Lower East Side paints a vision that is earnest, real and gritty. Hip and artsy, it’s a neighbourhood whose chequered history has worked to embolden its present face. A place where Madonna once threw her tag around (and indeed many of her ilk), the Lower East Side was always, and continues to be a hotbed of creative activity. The area has managed to monopolise its gritty urban reality, with an affable charm that attracts a mishmash of hipsters, foodies, fashionable families, partygoers, coffee fiends and other varied subcultures. Rough around the edges, the Lower East Side is nevertheless charismatic, invigorating and resilient.
Typical of many less desirable city locales the world over, the Lower East Side has capitulated to gentrification. Despite its many cons, the act of gentrifying does offer a good deal of pros, especially true in those instances where architectural gems have fallen into disrepair. In one such example, New York hoteliers Sean MacPherson, Ira Drukier and Richard Born, came to the aid of a derelict building on Ludlow Street that had been jilted by its original developers following the financial crash. With a solid brick elevation and factory casement windows, the structure was converted into The Ludlow, a 184-room hotel opened in 2014 that echoes the colour, vibrancy and history of the Lower East Side. ''The hotel conjures the area’s vivid history, from the ‘Gangs of New York’ era to Jewish immigration to the wild art and music of the ‘80s.'' (Press Release)

Photo © The Ludlow.

Photo © The Ludlow.

作为纽约最古老的社区之一，下东区曾经一度是犹太文化中心，周围有许多留存下来的醒目的犹太地标。穿过城市内部，大量当代艺术画廊、酒吧、夜总会吸引着充足的人流，时尚的咖啡馆、精品店坐落在肮脏的街巷、正在建设的工程和破碎的景致中。正是因为这种杂乱的混合吸引了勒德洛酒店的老板，他努力使留存的旅馆的现在和这个片区的过去紧密联系起来。那些生硬的、快速变化的都市风格和残缺的特色都是勒德洛酒店的组成和魅力的一部分。由于坐落在夫妻经营的商店、小餐馆和喧闹的酒吧、街头涂鸦、时尚专家和有抱负的人中，勒德洛酒店有着强烈的城市特色。

As one of the New York’s oldest neighbourhoods, the Lower East Side was at one time the centre of Jewish culture, with many notable Jewish landmarks remaining in the vicinity. Across this inner city hood, a wellspring of contemporary art galleries, bars and nightclubs attracting an affluent crowd, trendy cafes and chic boutiques, sit among the grimy alleyways, housing projects and crumbling facades. And it is this eclectic mix that appealed to The Ludlow’s owners who have strived to ensure the hotel remains connected to the area’s past and present. That rawness, quickening pace of change, urbanity and abraded character, are all a part of The Ludlow’s make-up and allure. Its presence amongst the mom-and-pop stores, smart restaurants and boisterous bars, graffiti street art, fashion mavens and aspiring wannabes, gives The Ludlow a keen urban edge.

Photo © The Ludlow.

Photo © The Ludlow.

勒德洛酒店的184间客房（包括不少于20间套房）均是个性化的设计，有着铺着手工制作的丝质地毯的硬质木地板、摩洛哥式的吊灯、印度葡萄牙式地床和布鲁克林现代有机主义似的树干模样的床头柜。在大都市纽约快节奏的生活中，给人带来舒适和消遣的似乎有很多，从淋浴花洒、松软的浴袍到豪华的卫浴用品。15层的阳台房间尤其有魅力，拥有着宽敞的居住空间，巨大的休息区域和可以眺望纽约风景的阳台。

从勒德洛红色砖墙的玄关处走过，游客可以在室内发现一个被装饰成嬉皮士和郝维辛相遇的地方。镶嵌着橡树的墙壁，马赛克式的大理石地面，豪华的石灰岩壁炉还只是室内最精彩的部分之一。为了吸引人前往一层的公共空间，勒德洛酒店大厅处的中庭让人们想起了曾经在市中心阁楼举办特别聚会的日子。除此之外，还有一个令人特别向往的户外花园和一个喧闹的“肮脏的法国（DirtyFrench）”小酒馆。旅馆老板Sean MacPherson希望旅馆成为整个社区的客厅。区别于一般旅游线路和其他连锁酒店，勒德洛酒店毫无疑问提供了一种有滋有味的纽约经历。

The Ludlow’s 184 guest rooms (including no fewer than 20 suites) are designed to be personal and private with their mix of hardwood floors with handmade silk rugs, handcrafted Moroccan pendant lamps, Indo-Portuguese style beds and ''tree- trunk'' nightstands from ‘Organic Modernism’ in Brooklyn. In the fast-paced chaos of a New York metropolis, amenities that engender relaxation and rest are seen in abundance, from rain shower heads to fluffy dressing gowns and sumptuous bath products. The 15th floor Loft King Terrace rooms are especially appealing, offering a spacious residence, large sitting area and terrace views across the New York landscape.
Enter through The Ludlow’s red-bricked entryway and the visitor will find an interior that has been described as''Trustafarian meets Miss Havisham''. Oak panel-lined walls, marble mosaic floors and a grand distressed limestone fireplace are just a few of the interior highlights. In a bid to kindle an inviting ground floor public space, The Ludlow’s lobby atrium calls to mind the days when downtown lofts would host cool clubs or unique parties, with a prodigious mix of creative patrons. There is in addition a much-coveted outdoor garden and the buzzing ‘Dirty French’ bistro. It is hotelier Sean MacPherson’s aspiration that the hotel will provide a living room for the neighbourhood. Far from the trampled tourist trail and bland hotel chains, The Ludlow will doubtless offer a tailored and tasteful New York experience.