DeNiro & Drukier Make Fools of New Yorkers on April 1st

38.9 million in tax-free Liberty Bonds: that’s what we’re giving Robert DeNiro and Ira Drukier for the privilege of looking up at their new luxury hotel from the street.  I was under the impression that these Liberty Bonds were for rebuilding ground zero – rather than for screwing up Tribeca.  According to DeNiro, the Greenwich Hotel, set to open on April 1, will be “…a place for people whose sense of home combines sophisticiation and authenticity.” The hotel features duplex suites with 30-feet skylights and chef kitchens and a Shibui Spa with a lantern-lit pool.  Shibui Spa?!  What the hell?! Most authentic “New Yorkers” don’t even know what that shit is – though we know damn well we’re not invited.  And our “sense of home” generally involves the concept that money-grubbers such as Drukier refrain from forcing us out into the street. (as he’s doing at the Chelsea Hotel). In what passes for a free-market economy, can’t DeNiro & Drukier pay their own way? (Photo: Newyorkology.com)