Rooms · 330 sq ft
Copydesk Room
Built for people who work in their room: a proper desk, proper light and a chair that will not hurt.
From$159/ night
Check datesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Filed by
midnight
Two hundred and forty rooms in a 1924 newspaper building. The presses are still in the basement, the lobby is the old newsroom, and the card room is where the wire desk sat.
The Wire Office
The Frumelda
Copydesk Room
240
Rooms and suites
1924
Year the building went up
6
Restaurants and bars
2
Presses still in the basement
Where you sleep
Six ways to stay, and no bad one
From the standard room to the villa, the difference is space and view, never the quality of anything you touch.
All accommodationRooms · 380 sq ft
Newsroom King
The original steel-framed windows, reglazed, running nearly to the ceiling.
From$189/ night
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Rooms · 430 sq ft
Bulldog Double
Named for the first edition. Corner rooms with the city on two sides and triple glazing.
From$209/ night
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The Editor's Suite
The managing editor's office, with the safe still in the corner and a boardroom table for eight.
From$389/ night
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Suites · 1350 sq ft
The Press Suite
Two bedrooms, an internal stair, and a terrace that faces city hall across the way.
From$739/ night
Check datesEat and drink
The food, in order of appearance
The wine list stays close to home, the spirits list does not, and both are priced without theatre.
All venues| Venue | Kind | Hours | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Frumelda | American | Dinner nightly | $$$$ |
| The Wire Room | Cocktails | 4 PM–2 AM | $$$ |
| Deadline | All night diner | Open 24 hours | $ |
| Composing Room | Breakfast | 6 AM–2 PM | $ |
| Stereotype | Wine bar | 5 PM–1 AM | $$$ |
What there is to do
Things worth getting up for
Most of this is included. Where it is not, the price is on the page rather than on the bill.
Everything here01 / 04
The Wire Office
Gaming
Eleven thousand square feet where the wire desk sat, with the original clocks for six cities still on the wall. A hundred and eighty machines, 14 tables.
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The Presses
History
Two Goss presses in the basement, kept in working order, run for fifteen minutes at noon on Saturdays. It is extremely loud and worth it.
More about The Presses
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Out the Door
The city
City hall is across the street, the museum a fifteen-minute walk, and the concierge holds tables at about forty restaurants that are not ours.
More about Out the Door04 / 04
The Stone Room
Spa
Eight treatment rooms in the old stone-cutting shop, a steam room and a lap pool in the sub-basement.
More about The Stone Room
Offers
Packages we would actually book
Offers apply to the flexible rate unless stated otherwise, so you can still change your mind.
Code EARLYED
Early Edition
20% off when you book 30 days ahead
Book a month out and take a fifth off, with breakfast included.
Terms and bookingCode LATEEDPress Run
Two nights over a Saturday
Two nights including a Saturday so you can stand next to a Goss press at full speed.
Terms and bookingGetting here
1400 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Free self-parking for every guest
- A short walk from the centre of town
- (215) 555-0198 — reservations, 7 AM to 9 PM
