Hot List Hotels 2007
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188 Avenida Mexico
Condesa
Mexico City
Mexico
06100
Tel: 52 55 5212 2110
In renovating this former Art Deco apartment building in the hip Condesa district, owner Tom Shortt left the original name—Edificio Tehuacán—chiseled on the stone facade and installed a vintage elevator salvaged from Chapultepec Castle. Otherwise, this 16-room hotel is thoroughly modern, with original contemporary art on the walls and shag carpets that offset the rooms' cool stone floors. Shortt plucked his bilingual staff from other luxe Mexico City properties, and their experience shows. Since the nuevo latino HIP Kitchen opened on the ground floor last fall, it has drawn a sophisticated crowd. Despite the absence of a true lobby (visitors are met at a small reception table) and narrow hallways lacking natural light, the Hippodrome is a comfortable, low-key alternative to the hypertrendy neighboring hotel Condesa DF ("Hot List" May 2005).
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