- Hotel Rouge
The Hotel Rouge is a 137-room
boutique hotel at 16th Street Northwest and Rhode Island Avenue inWashington, D.C. .cite web| last=Koncius | first=Jura | title="Washington, This Is Your Wake-Up Call" | work=| publisher="The Washington Post "| date=2002-01-17| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1084997| accessdate=2008-05-20] Located atScott Circle across from the Australian embassy, Hotel Rouge is one of 10 Kimpton hotel properties in theWashington Metropolitan Area .cite web| last=Rosenwald | first=Michael | title="Welcoming a New Guest To the Trendy Hotel Club" | work=| publisher="The Washington Post"| date=2007-11-19| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/18/AR2007111801130.html| accessdate=2008-05-20] Originally a 1960s apartment building and then a Quality hotel, Hotel Rouge opened onJanuary 17 ,2002 and is franchised by LaSalle Hotel Properties of Bethesda,Maryland . The building was purchased in 2001 and underwent a $14 million dollar renovation along with the nearbyTopaz Hotel .cite web| last=Cube | first=Christine | title="Two hotels close for hip redos in overall $60M package" | work=| publisher="Washington Business Journal"| date=2002-01-25| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2002/01/28/story6.html| accessdate=2008-05-20]Kimpton hired Mike Moore, a product designer and interior decorator, to come up with the hotel's name and design. Moore chose "Rouge" and the
crimson color scheme that is throughout the hotel after watching the film "Moulin Rouge". Red walls, leopard print carpeting, white upholstery furniture, white shag carpets, and photographs of women were inspired by interior designersJean-Michel Frank ,Albert Hadley , andPhilippe Starck .cite web| last= | first= | title="Hotel Rouge" | work=| publisher="New York Times "| date=| url=http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/washington-dc/hotel-detail.html?vid=1154654575115| accessdate=2008-05-20]The hotel's lounge, Bar Rouge, can seat approximately 40 people. Located in a long, narrow room, Bar Rouge features upholstered walls, aluminum barstools, white leather chairs, mocha brown banquettes, faux fur pillows, and flatscreen monitors that play classic films or scenes of nature.cite web| last=Sietsema | first=Tom | title="Bar Rouge" | work=| publisher="Washington Post"| date=| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1068243| accessdate=2008-05-20]
References
External links
* [http://www.rougehotel.com/ Hotel Rouge]
* [http://www.loungedc.com/ Bar Rouge]
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