Again the other day while walking past the Mitchell PJS I came across some Swedish looking guys with backpacks trespassing through the development. Even today this morning I saw folks who do not look like locals walking in a haste to the number 6 train station at 3 avenue. Simple flourishes like a fleur-de-lis may not scream uber-high-end, but when you're getting a room for $120-180/night that's 20 minutes from midtown, who really cares as long as it's clean? Conversion complete.ฤก49th street is still hood as ever, however down the block on Southern Boulevard and 149th street I have seen a spike of Transplants in the area at non working hours. An former opera house (whose stage was graced by stars like Houdini, the Marx Brothers and George Burns), it went through stints as movie theater and nightclub before its makeover, courtesy of developer Jay Domb, into the now-open 60-room Opera House Hotel. After four years of construction, the Bronx's "first luxury hotel" is now open for business and taking reservations.
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