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Old Jul 16, 2023 | 9:33 pm
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Originally Posted by 777 global mile hound
Thanks for the heads up.
As if I need another reason not to return to this hotel 🙄🫣
Will likely never step foot in their doorway let alone a guest room
Just to be fair, the renovations at IC Barclay were anything but cosmetic. It was a full fledged multi year renovation rumored to be in the 175-200m USD range (Qatari ownership has its benefits).

We stayed just after reopening and found the location and all for our purposes far better (and quieter) than Times Square and that property (ICTS) looked a tad run down back then (at least judging by our friends room who stayed there), but admittedly that was in 2016. This being NYC, nothing is ever super quiet for sure and I agree that at IC Barclay they missed the opportunity to install better sound proofing between rooms and the windows. Anyways, jump to current situation and IC TS seems to be less penny pinching over IC Barclay from recent reports and turned the corner on service even + no legionnaires disease in the water.
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