{"id":29456,"date":"2023-02-06T02:49:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/rediscovering-my-dominican-roots-in-washington-heights-a-review-of-the-new-radio-hotel-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T02:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:49:55","slug":"rediscovering-my-dominican-roots-in-washington-heights-a-overview-of-the-brand-new-radio-hotel-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/rediscovering-my-dominican-roots-in-washington-heights-a-overview-of-the-brand-new-radio-hotel-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rediscovering my Dominican roots in Washington Heights: A overview of the brand new Radio Hotel in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a semi-native New Yorker, I all the time make a degree to remind everybody that New York<\/a> is approach<\/em> extra expansive than simply the small microcosm that’s tourist-filled midtown.<\/p>\n

Just 6 miles north of Times Square<\/a>, or about 125 blocks (when you\u2019re counting), you\u2019ll discover the strong and energizing group of Washington Heights. The neighborhood is residence to one of many largest enclaves of Dominican Americans in the whole nation (which you realize when you\u2019ve seen the enduring musical-turned-movie \u201cIn the Heights”).<\/p>\n

As a Dominican American myself, the Heights has long been a second home. Like many other immigrants from the Dominican Republic<\/a>, the majority of my family found themselves laying roots in Washington Heights. Holidays, birthdays, baptisms and graduation parties in my family have all taken place in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong: While getting on the infamous 6 a.m. JetBlue flight to Santo Domingo is always a treat, I\u2019m lucky that I don\u2019t have to venture too far to reconnect with my culture \u2014 it’s as easy as hopping on the A train and going uptown.<\/p>\n

So when I heard that Radio Hotel<\/a>, a new lifestyle hotel, was opening in the Heights, and its ethos, design and architecture are all an homage to the culture and landscape of the Dominicano Nuevayorkino experience, I knew that I had to check it out.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s still a relatively new hotel, and I only stayed for two nights, it was more than enough to feel as if I had traded Lower Manhattan for Santo Domingo \u2014 all without needing my passport.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what it was like staying at the Radio Hotel in Washington Heights.<\/p>\n

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