SynopsisHotel Seventeen on Manhattan's 17th Street is one of the more affordable hotels in New York City, yet has gained cult status. Celebrities use it as a backdrop for photo shoots and film scenes but it is the young actors, designers, models, film college students, punk and rock musicians and drag queens who stay there as they chase their dreams of fame in the Big Apple., Hotel Seventeen in Manhattan is one of the most affordable hotels in NY, yet it celebrates a special tradition. Here you will come across visionaries - or perhaps just dreamers. Guests from all over the world, full of optimism and and expectations - actors, film students, models, designers, photographers, and rock musicians. Stars like Madonna have been spotted here as they arrive for photo shoots and inspired by this glamour the guests continue to dream that their talent will be discovered whilst what was to be a week's stay turns into a lifetime. Full-colour.