Inside New York's New Gansevoort Park

Last night, we got a media preview of the new Gansevoort Park Avenue hotel, scheduled to open on August 16 with a three-level rooftop bar-and-lounge and an indoor-outdoor pool with great views of the Empire State Building. While there are plenty of finishing touches yet to address in the next two weeks, 140 of the hotel's planned 249 rooms are ready now—done up in signature Gansevoort blue and pink, with up-to-the-second electronics and custom Cutler products. Introductory rates for stays before September start at $345.