New York Hotels Decide It’s Time for a Makeover | nytimes.com
New York hotels are at the forefront of a boom in complete makeovers, after years of lower capital spending caused by the steep economic downturn. For hotels that had become rundown and were sold or shuttered for a while, like the Milford NYC near Times Square, or establishments like the New York Palace hotel, where the former Le Cirque restaurant space is being overhauled and a French market added, scaffolding has become as commonplace as the city’s traffic noise.
