New York is a metropolis that is in constant motion. Manhattan is certainly its beating heart, but for years now, other boroughs have been undergoing big changes. The gentrification phenomenon, in all its contradictions, has touched Long Island City, and the ex-industrial area of Queens, located at the end of the Queensboro Bridge. The factories have been transformed into museums (like the MoMA PSI or the sculpture museum, Isamu Noguchi), television studios, cultural institutions, and new housing solutions often derived directly from industrial spaces. The Paper Factory Hotel is one of these, located, to be precise, in an old paper factory. To commemorate its origins, a tall column in the main hall is covered in books, along with an original printing press on display. The hotel was designed by the studio DHD Architecture and Design, and features 123 rooms of different categories. The furniture mixes industrial pieces with more traditional ones, for an eclectic style, and the art found throughout the various atmospheres was created by local artists, making the Paper Factory Hotel not only trendy, but at only 15 minutes from the subway to Manhattan with a view of the iconic skyline, but a comfortable stay just outside the city.