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Room Rate Drop Watch
Thompson LES Still Under $200
Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 190 Allen St. [map], New York, NY, United States, 10002

November 10, 2008 at 12:12 PM | 1 Comment

Welcome to Room Rate Drop Watch where we chronicle the plummeting prices at hotels that once commanded top dollar rates. These are often found in big cities with seemingly more hotel rooms than visitors like Las Vegas. But sometimes you can get lucky in the city of your choice. Seen a room rate drop so low you wanna tell us about it? Do it here.

Last week, we almost couldn't believe it when we found that the Thompson LES was going for $170 a night on Quikbook in the days before Thanksgiving. A new hip hotel in New York for under $200? We haven't seen this like, ever. But it was true and we booked it.

Then over the weekend, a reader emailed us a rate of $136 for Thompson LES the night before Thanksgiving on 11/26. Sadly, when we skipped over to QB to check it out the rate had gone up to $178. But that's still under $200. And if you go to the Thompson website, rooms start at $229.

The hotel is running the special on Quikbook through the month of November. In December, rooms jump back over the $200 mark.

DO NOT stay at the Hudson, very overpriced and the rooms are small - the shower curtains got on my tits, literally!!!

$350 per night to stay in a room the size of a cupboard and had mould in the room

When I was there I pasted up mainly in Williamsburg and Bushwick. Both areas are fantastic for street art. Also while in Bushwick check out Adhoc gallery. Right now they are showing a group exhibition of swoon, ghaia, elbowtoe and imminent disaster in the front room and C215 in the back.

Other places to check out are Wooster (particularly the chinatown end), Dumbo and Alphabet city.

11 spring st in soho used to be a street art mecca but that was cleaned up a few months ago. The baton has now passed to the "candy factory" which is near the bottom of Wooster next to a carpark where one of the large Banksy rats was (is?). I will dig out an email that Gaia sent me and post it here. It contains some the decent locations in Williamsburg and a suggested walking route.

In Bushwick, Andrew in Adhoc can give you advice on which streets to walk down.

If you want to see street art head towards the Williamsburg Bridge. It is all down there.
Go down South 5th street to the bottom and then all the streets S.4th - S.1st and the cross streets Kent, Wythe, Berry there you will find Faile, Bast, Walker, Know Hope, Revs, Supine, Stain, Swoon.
The Nick Walker giraffiti is on Metropolitan and Roebling (also have a coffee opposite, very good.
There is a great Vandal of NW in the meat packing district.
Also the 3rd picture of yours is by Shepard Fairey and the small piece is by Stikman.

fuse gallery currently has a travis louis show, all the pieces are small, but if you havent seen one in person, they are quite amazing...i was there yesterday.

also, hit the ben sherman store if its your thing, mens clothing is stupid cheap right now. i picked up 13 shirts/pants/shoes for under $400.

supreme, wesc, 99x all having sales.

check out the john varvatos store at the old cb's location, just to see a bit of the cb's history....(my gf worked there for four years prior to it closing, so it was quite nostalgic for her).

oh, we saw some mr brain wash, andre, and thats really it, but we were just in soho area.

jon

There is also a great Nick Walker 'Ratatouille" painted on a red background around the corner from Pastis (9 9th Ave) in the Meatpacking district

the piece under the big yellow invader is by imminent disaster not swoon.

im off to my first trip to new york soon and would like to know some tips

im especially interested in an address or location of the conor harrington stuff on the streets and any surviving banksy giant rats, aswell as any good street art and galleries that would be good to visit

also good places to eat, the best casinos, good shops, and general stuff to see

im staying in a youth hostel right across from madison square gardens, i have 6 days, so lots of time to check everything out

ha is it a nice hostel or a shithole? i get a free orange juice and muffin every morning

Spent my last day of holidays wandering around Williamsburg again, it was pissing down so the pics aren't great but there was plenty to see. Saw my first Supine which was exciting and was really impressed by all the pieces by ohm and Os Gemeos. also got to see some Faile, Bast, C215, Lister, Mike Marcus, Obey and plenty others. It crazy how much you can see in such a small area. enjoy.

also every tom d**k and harry will have opinions over whats best there. Do your own thing is my advice. I walked the whole city in 7 days literally all the way down the hudson to brooklyn bridge and up the other side before i got sore feet and got a cab to a burger joint.

walk everywhere, go to greenwich village and get lost. its all good.

where you are staying is a very busy area as times square is right behind your hostel. nice and central. when i went i was staying up on the upper west side central park - now that was cool.

have just spent three weeks in NY it's been amazing, Williamsburg has been the best for street art. I saw the Conor Harrington in the meat packing district, I'll find the location and let you know.