The Quin Hotel
| The Quin Hotel | |
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 Location within New York
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| General information | |
| Location | 101 West 57th St., New York, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′52″N 73°58′40″W / 40.7644°N 73.9777°WCoordinates: 40°45′52″N 73°58′40″W / 40.7644°N 73.9777°W |
| Opening | November 11, 2013 |
| Affiliation | Small Luxury Hotels of the World |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Perkins Eastman |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 208 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
| thequinhotel.com | |
The Quin is a luxury hotel in New York City. It is located on 57th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, two blocks south of Central Park.
Prior to its 2013 reopening, the Quin was originally the Buckingham Hotel, a Beaux-Arts style building designed by American architect, Emery Roth, which opened in 1929.
The Quin opened on November 11, 2013 with an architectural redesign by New York, New York based firm Perkins Eastman. It has 208 guestrooms including 28 suites.
Former guests include Georgia O’Keeffe, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Marc Chagall.
The Quin Arts program presents an ongoing series of events, exhibitions, salons, lectures, film premieres, book debuts, musical performances and artist receptions in Manhattan.
Some highlights of the program include a 15-foot abstract video art wall and a permanent collection featuring artists from around the world, including Blek le Rat, Patrick Graham, Nick Walker (artist), and Eric Zener.
The Quin Arts Program also features a contemporary artist-in-residence program under the direction of curator DK Johnston. Under the program, artists stay and work at the hotel, enabling guests to interact with them and gain insight that goes beyond what a visit to museum or gallery can impart. The program has mostly included street artists who have drawn and painted on hotel doors, stairwells, and other areas, in addition to exhibiting work in the lobby. Blek le Rat, who was in residence in 2014, was mistakenly nearly arrested after police saw him stenciling on a hotel door. The summer 2016 artist in residence was Berlin-based street artist Tavar Zawacki aka Above (artist). In September 2016, the Quin commissioned Chaz Barrisson, half of the street art duo London Police, to paint two of his signature grinning characters on the wall by the service doors of the hotel. The London Police residency included a gallery show of their graphic, black-and-white work, done on canvas and paper. Johnston reports that guests have started to plan trips around artists’ residencies.
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