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New York City isn't one place, it's a hundred different places, all jostling for your attention. From the uptown glitz of the Upper West Side to the downtown bohemian chic of the West Village, from Chinatown to Little Italy, from Murray Hill to Midtown, you are presented with entirely different sights, sounds and even smells in each neighbourhood. Located on one of the world's finest natural harbors, New York is the largest city in the United States, and was founded in 1624 as a commercial trading post by the Dutch. Since then it has grown to become a global centre for entertainment, arts, fashion and shopping. The city is a shopping mecca, offering designer fashion, style, quality and choice hard to find anywhere else in the world. You can savor the elegance of the Saks Fifth Avenue classic, be hip in the chic boutiques of West Village, or roam the flagship department stores that are part of New York Shopping history.
14 hip hotels in New York
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60 Thompson is one of the highest buildings in the area and is also no slouch when it comes to design. The architect, Steven Jacobs, was a pioneer in turning SoHo’s industrial spaces into residential lofts.
Interiors are by Thomas O'Brien, whose past work includes apartments for high-profile clients such as Giorgio Armani and Donna Karan. The primary inspiration for the lobby space - a long rectangular hall on the first floor was, oddly, an old photo of Burt Lancaster lounging on an impossibly long couch at his home in Malibu. Hence the deep-buttoned velvet banquette that stretches the entire length of the hotel!
Here the guest is most definitely King. The guest rooms are very comfortable, the high-tech end is well catered to and you have an ideal location on a rare quiet stretch right in the heart of SoHo.
Great views from the hotel's rooftop, where the terrace bar has become a SoHo summer destination in its own right.
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The ideal place to keep warm this winter
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This new ACE hotel is located in the geographic centre of Manhattan in the latest area to be reinvented; NoMad (North of Madison Square Park) is a zone filled with architectural jewels. Formerly the Breslin Hotel, the original mosaic floor and marble columns have been restored and the new lobby is home to a Stumptown coffee bar, a Rudy’s barbershop and a historically-inspired gastro pub that recalls the saloons of late 19th century Manhattan, when this area was known as the Times Square of its day.
Designers Roman & Williams combine period refined (elegant French doors, claw foot tubs and parquet flooring) with the whimsical (soap on a rope and chalk walls you can scrawl on). But the emphasis ultimately is on experience. Rooms have the vibe of a cool friend’s apartment with Smeg fridges fully stocked with real food, beer kegs and a mini-bar full of classic New York deli items. Many also have a sleek turntable with vinyl collection and for those who want to explore their own creative side, a Gibson guitar and some blank sheet music.
Truly individual, ACE hotels "just loving doing things our way" which is both basic and sophisticated with retro roots in the heyday of Portland artistic bohemia!
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Truly individual Hip hotel
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The art consciousness that one would expect from SoHo or Tribeca has been mixed with the more formal, well dressed profile of a 5th Avenue address. Chambers is in one of the most desirable Midtown areas – on the northern frontier just below Central Park.
Architect David Rockwell was brought in to realise an interior to go with the art. The property features a substantial permanent collection of contemporary art. A fascinating mix of photography, painting, works on paper and sculpture, the likes of which you would normally not find in one place.
With raw concrete ceilings, industrial lamps bolted to the walls and polished concrete floors in the bathroom, the interiors are not what you would expect from a hotel around the corner from Tiffany’s. But that’s exactly why it works.
Chambers, located in the heart of midtown, offers a seamless fusion of uptown luxury and downtown cool.
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The perfect location in the heart of midtown
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Proprietor Jeff Klein`s mission, when he acquired what used to be the clubhouse of the City Club of New York was to restore a club-like feeling to this stately building.
The City Club is all about the guest rooms, not the public spaces. These are rooms where you can comfortably and cosily cocoon away from the hubbub of the metropolis. Be sure to book one of the duplex suites with a living room on one floor and a bedroom on the next, below an ornate, late-Victorian ceiling - the two levels are connected by a winding staircase and with extraordinary classic windows reaching the full two stories, these could be the most glamorous hotel rooms in New York.
When you go downstairs to dine in DB Bistro Moderne, you'll experience some of the best cuisine available in Manhattan right now.
City Club is a small hotel with big ambitions.
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£829 pp
Perfect winter break
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From Ethiopia to the cover of Asian Forbes, the story of Vikram Chatwal is surely the quintessential American dream. But he had a more surreal definition in mind when he commenced the overhaul of the former Majestic. That’s how a suspended crystal galleon, a monumental copper statue of Catherine the Great in Mongolian clothes, and the largest tropical fish tank in the northern hemisphere ended up being together in one place. The contribution of author and physician Deepak Chopra whose New York headquarters is within the hotel is effective and authentic ayurvedic treatments and complimentary yoga and meditation. At the other end of the dosha scale, Dream’s Ava bar has one of the best views of Times Square anywhere in New York.
Dream was conceived by Vikram Chatwal to facilitate dreams, and the hotel’s slogan, “You provide the dream, we provide the service” says it all.
A bold bit of fantasy and imagination with a rock and roll attitude in the heart of Manhattan’s Midtown.
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With all the different bars and lounges on the roof, the new age Japanese restaurant Ono on the ground floor, the bamboo pavilion Chinese-inspired bar, and the day spa that turns into a subterranean lounge after hours, there’s no shortage of entertainment on offer. The elevator to the rooftop must log more miles each night than a yellow cab during rush hour. With a big swimming pool and a view of the setting sun over the Hudson River, it’s not hard to understand why.
The Gansevoort is not just a ‘scene’ but a collection of scenes. You don’t ever need to venture out of the building to enjoy the hedonistic energy of Manhattan. By contrast, considering for instance the enormous paintings of Yakuza tattoos in the restaurant, the rooms themselves are a sedate.
Too much is never enough. If this is your mantra, then Gansevoort is your hotel.
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£789 pp
This Hip hotel is in a great location
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When the Hotel first opened its doors in 1925 it quickly became the place for artists, adventurers and bon vivants to rub elbows. Babe Ruth liked to drink at the bar, Humphrey Bogart was married here and Mark Twain liked to play pool in the park. Ian Schrager’s idea was to renew the bohemian edge and to achieve this he enlisted the artist Julian Schnabel. The Gramercy was not so much designed as collected; voluptuous velvet curtains suspended from bronze rods, hand tufted rugs, colours inspired by the renaissance, juxtaposed with daring contemporary art. The overwhelming ambience is that of an artist’s lair. Exciting and original public spaces are a Schrager trademark and here guests can enjoy two bars, a private rooftop garden with both indoor and outdoor lounging and dining space, a new Danny Meyer restaurant and as a resident, albeit temporary, you will be given keyed access to the Park itself!
The only private park in New York, Gramercy Park was inspired by the glamour and charm of a London square.
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Built from scratch by a creative team, The Marcel Wanders designed entrance is a hit, the completely off the wall Thor restaurant on the ground floor is consistently voted in New York’s top 100, and the rooms, with their all yellow or all black bathrooms are a sumptuously spacious alternative to smaller spaces elsewhere in Manhattan.
Thor is the Viking God of the area, a thunderbolt of a restaurant enhanced by Wanders’ wild wallpaper and his outhouse in the middle of the space. But the real plus of Hotel on Rivington came as a surprise to everyone, including the owners. There had never been a tower in this area, so no one knew that it would have such an amazing view. A view of New York’s famous skyline from a completely new perspective.
Situated right in the middle of the Lower East Side, Hotel on Rivington is a study in contrast; a shiny glass and steel tower in a neighbourhood of tenement buildings
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It is Soho’s great collection of cast-iron architecture that sets the local precedent for the Egyptian columns, Oriental lanterns and turn of the century crafts ornaments that distinguish the Soho Grand’s interior. Plus a century old city ordinance prohibition on using the ground floor led the designer to create an entrance that is quite out of the ordinary. Serving as an anteroom to the main lobby and reception above it heightens the impact not just of the lobby, but also of the staircase that is embedded with the glass bottle-bottoms traditionally used along SoHo sidewalks. The design of the guest rooms is contemporary with arts and crafts style furniture and vintage Manhattan photography that reflect the history and ambience of the area. The Soho Grand is gutsy, industrial and artistic, an apt metaphor for SoHo itself.
A 363 room homage to the industrial and artistic loft heritage of this unique part of downtown Manhattan
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The rules are simple, if you’re not a guest you cannot eat in the restaurant, swim in the pool, lunch on the roof, have a drink in the bar, watch a film in the private screening room, throw a private party in the library, or chill out in the Cowshed – the club’s famous spa… unless you’re a member. But one thing it is not, is stuffy. As a club, it has managed to attract the kind of people that normally never belong to clubs. Film directors, writers, artists, creative types in all fields make up the member roster, and yet Soho is not painfully arty either.
The look, if it has to be defined as such, is a mix of laid back modern and iconic antique, with the odd bit of bling. The rooms are bohemian loft with soaring ceilings, exposed beams, chandeliers and big, baroque carved beds. The Playhouse and Playground rooms have giant egg-shaped baths big enough for two. But more important than how it looks is how it feels with just the right balance of cosy and trendy.
Soho House is not a hotel, it’s a private club – the hottest private club in New York – that happens to have a small hotel.
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Shelter Island is a place of green forests and country roads that wind past rustic clapboard and shingle farmhouses. The only way to reach it is still by water from Long Island, and in an age of instant gratification, most people haven't the patience to wait for a ferry that can only carry fifteen cars at a time. The place is simple, unspoilt and unpretentious.
The hotel is completely in step with the rhythm and pace of the island. There are twenty rooms, all with a spacious terrace, a separate sitting area, a simple king-size bed and a generous pile of fluffy white towels. On the food side, Sunset has a café/diner for breakfast and brunch, and a tree-covered outdoor terrace for lunch and dinner. Needless to say, both are literally a stone's throw from the beach and offer uninterrupted views of one of the prettiest bays on Shelter Island.
Island life is about beaches, sailing, water-skiing and cycling… all of which is why Sunset Beach is such a perfect escape.
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Perfect in Summer
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The Carlyle is the Upper East Side, and vice versa. All the values of patrician New York are the qualities that define The Carlyle. Woody Allen can often be found jamming on his clarinet with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band in the Café Carlyle (resident caberet jazz/venue) on a Monday night. A neighbourhood that has a world class museum on practically every other corner, not to mention the proximity of Central Park, The Upper East Side is interesting precisely because it's not like the rest of New York. The doormen with their traditional brass-buttoned coats and caps, school children in blazers and ties, discreet little restaurants tucked into the brownstones on gentrified side streets, and, of course, the shopping, all give this part of New York a signature as distinctive as the tenement housing of the Lower East Side.
One of New York's most genuine and charismatic experiences.
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Stay in this Classic New York hotel
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The classic lobby and drawing room with eclectic furniture and original artwork open on to a courtyard garden. Upstairs the eighty eight rooms are all unique with hand loomed Tibetan silk rugs and Moroccan tiled rain showers. The result is a hotel that feels like a film director’s house. Downstairs, Shibui Spa is the hotel’s big extravagance. Reserved exclusively for hotel guests, with treatment rooms, a Japanese bathing room, a 1,000 sq ft fitness room, and a pool like no other in New York. The lantern-lit swimming pool is housed in an authentic 250-year old Japanese bamboo farmhouse, painstakingly reconstructed by Japanese craftsmen inside the hotel.
TriBeCa is an intoxicating blend of downtown street cred, loft living and a handful of sympathetic boutiques, restaurants and bars. The hotel’s own restaurant, Locanda Verde is in the style of a neighbourhood Italian tavern. With a wood burning oven, chairs and tables on the sidewalk and an open kitchen.
Robert De Niro, a long term resident of TriBeCa, the city’s most sought after neighbourhood, has created the area’s iconic hotel with the look and feel of a chic members club
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£999 pp
Beautiful downtown hotel
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The 18-storey structure consisting of two concrete-framed glass slabs recalls mid-century modernist but the most interesting aspect is how this building interacts with the High Line, an abandoned 80-year-old elevated freight railroad running down Manhattan’s west side that has been converted into a park for locals and tourists to kick back.
The glass means the interiors have floor-to-ceiling views; of the Hudson to the West, MePa topped by the Empire State to the East and the High Line directly below. Every room maximises its view, none more so than the double height glass-encased space on the 18th floor that will open up in 2010 as an exclusive venue for guests and those on the list!
In an area now so well known for its food, its obvious that even the most eye-popping architecture and a view will only get you so far. The rest is up to the restaurant.
Located in MePa - currently New York’s hottest restaurant and bar scene – the new Standard is described by the New York Observer as "the most unusual and significant New York building in years".
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£879 pp
Breathtaking hotel in the Meatpacking district
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