Remember the Dewey Decimal System? We loved it in grade school. Author, Subject and Title were our bread and butter. That’s why we took note when we saw the Library Hotel, New York’s hot spot for people in search of literacy rich environments. The concept driven hotel has 10 guest floors, 60 rooms and over 6,000 volumes of books – all organized by the Dewey Decimal System.

They say the best innovations come from cross pollinating ideas. This is definitely true for the Library Hotel. Although you may wonder, hotel and library? It makes perfect sense. Libraries do suggest comfort and peace. We recommend the Library Hotel as a place to stay if you’re in NY. It’s located at 299 Madison Avenue – 41st street.

In addition, we also stumbled upon an interesting fact while researching the hotel. Someone actually owns the Dewey Decimal System. When the hotel was originally introduced it was sued by the owners for using their intellectual property without permission. Things appear to have settled, but back then, you couldn’t go around bragging about Dewey without having to pay.

Information from around the Web:

Gadling on the Library Hotel
New York Times on the Library Hotel
Tablet Hotels on the Library Hotel
Wikipedia on the Library Hotel