White noise generator? The construction noise we had was far too loud to be masked by such a thing. We're talking a loud diesel crane, metal clanging, etc. When that thing fires up, you wake up, even with the decent noise isolation from the Le Grand's windows.

Turns out that the construction is indeed for the building on the other side of Boulevard des Capucines, which coincidentally is directly across from the LeGrand Capucines construction section right now. But, not all of the hotel along Capucines is under renovation, so anyone, like us, who gets a room in the Capucines wing (outside view) gets construction noise that is beyond the control of the hotel. And yes, they really did start the crane up at 8am on a Sunday in France.

As I said, the staff is doing their best under bad circumstances. Originally, they had told us they could move us after the first night into an Executive room but on the same side of the building and also lower to the street. That would have helped the space problem (2 people for 5 nights in a Classic room is too tight), but would have made the noise even worse. I was planning on moving to another hotel but when we went down this morning to find out what actual room they had planned for us, we asked again if there was anything else, perhaps an interior courtyard facing room. Turns out because we're not doing the Ambassador late checkout they were able to get us into an Deluxe room, Opera view (smaller than Executive, but big enough). It's high up, so street and subway noise will be less (but normal street noise is not a problem). Yes, this is a very nice upgrade and I'm more than pleased with what the hotel staff was able to do, and I'll be sure to send kudos to management about them.

Finally, I would note that there is ALSO another outdoor construction site at Hotel Scribe across the street from Le Grand's front entrance. I don't know how noisy that construction is. It's set to finish in Autumn of 2019 (https://www.journaldespalaces.com/ac...-of-Paris.html),

My experience at LeGrand right now means I would not book at this hotel again unless they could assure me I'd not get a room in either the Capucines nor Scribe wing or until the associated constructions are done. We'll see how the hotel's own construction plays out tomorrow (Monday) as much of the Opera wing is currently under renovation. RIght now I'm tired from not sleeping well last night.