Sunday, August 5, 2012

The first Ace Hotel opened in 1999. Friends Alex Calderwood, Wade Weigel, and Doug Herrick purchased




Rudy s Barbershop a chain of barbershops founded in Seattle, Washington and located primarily on the United States West Coast is more than just a hair dresser. It is a community with an interesting story behing it.
Alex Calderwood, a club promoter, was inspired to found the first Rudy s during occasional visits to Sig s, a neighborhood barbershop. Seeking to combine the traditional barbershop experience with trendier hairstyles that would appeal to a younger clientele, Calderwood, along with partners Weigel rent car in europe and Petersen, opened the first location in Seattle s Capitol Hill neighborhood in 1992. The name Rudy was inspired by the character of the same name from the television program Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids .
By 2003 the chain had expanded to eight properties four additional Seattle locations, plus two shops in Los Angeles and three in Portland, Oregon. There are presently 14 Rudy s barbershops rent car in europe in Seattle, Los Angeles and Portland. rent car in europe The New York location was planned for July 2010, but just opened in 2012 in the new Ace Hotel New York .
The other story about a chain of hotels also founded in Seattle by Calderwood and Weigel, now operates hotels in Seattle, Portland, New York and Palm Springs. Ace has been called "the country's most original" hotel by the New York Times , and a "mega-chain waiting to happen" by Wallpaper magazine .
The first Ace Hotel opened in 1999. Friends Alex Calderwood, Wade Weigel, and Doug Herrick purchased and transformed rent car in europe a Seattle rent car in europe halfway house into an affordable hotel that would appeal to the creative class. Calderwood and Weigel had previously founded Rudy s, a barbershop concept they started in Seattle that eventually expanded to more than a dozen West Coast locations, and a marketing and advertising company known as Neverstop .
Ace Hotel Swim Club in Palm Springs, CA is a converted rent car in europe Howard Johnson motel, and King s Highway, the hotel s on-site diner, is a converted Denny s. There are two bars, the Amigo Room, and poolside, the Short Bus. The hotel was originally a Westward Ho prior to being a Howard Johnson. The remodel was a collaboration with L.A.-based design firm, Commune.
Ace Hotel Portland occupies the former Clyde Hotel in downtown Portland. In its former incarnation, rent car in europe the hotel s lobby served as the setting for a scene from the film Drugstore Cowboy. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic rent car in europe Places.
Ace Hotel New York worked with Roman and Williams to redesign the former Hotel Breslin, a 1904 building in Midtown Manhattan. This location features a Stumptown Coffee and Chef April Bloomfield s Michelin-starred The Breslin restaurant.
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