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For a standard,
double room per
night (with breakfast
if included), taxes,
and extra charges.
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Tribeca Grand Hotel
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Soho Grand Hotel
Hip Hotels
Soho Grand Hotel
Perfectly suited to its
artistic neighborhood, the
hotel is housed in a land-
mark cast-iron building.
The surroundings are
dramatic and contemp-
orary, and the Grand Bar
is always hopping. d
310
West Broadway, New York,
NY 10013
•
Map R4
•
212
965 3000
•
www.sohogrand.
com
•
$$$$-$$$$$
TriBeCa
Grand Hotel
TriBeCa's first hotel is a
hit. All the neighborhood
gathers at the Church
Lounge, the dramatic
lobby/bar with 70 trans-
lucent columns of light.
Rooms are a calm
counterpoint with an
array of high-tech toys.
d
2 6th Avenue, New York,
NY 10013
•
Map P3
•
212
519 6600
•
www.tribeca
grand.com
•
$$$$-$$$$$
W Union Square
Designer David
Rockwell has turned a
Beaux Arts building into
a contemporary show-
stopper, complete with
floating staircase. Trade-
mark W features include
a lobby with books and
chess sets, and rooms
with pillow-top beds.
d
201 Park Avenue South,
New York, NY 10003
•
Map
M4
•
212 253 9119
•
www.
whotels.com
•
$$$-$$$$$
Morgans Hotel
Ian Schrager's under-
stated first New York hotel
still has loyal fans for its
clean, uncluttered look
and clever, functional built-
ins in the small but trendy
rooms. Celebrity favorite
restaurant Asia de Cuba
adjoins the lobby. d
237
Madison Avenue, New York,
NY 10016
•
Map K4
•
212
686 0300
•
www.ian
schragerhotels.com
•
$$-$$$
Royalton
Media and fashion
folk flock to this collabora-
tion between Ian Schrager
and Philippe Starck, with a
space-age lobby, curving
hallways, and cool bath-
rooms. Celebs are the
norm in the bar and
restaurant.
d
44 West 44th
Street, New York, NY 10036
•
Map J3
•
212 869 4400
•
www.ianschragerhotels.com
•
$$$-$$$$
Paramount
Appropriately in the
Theater District, this hotel
is like a theater, thanks to
Philippe Starck's specta-
cular stairway and lofty
lobby. Ian Schrager
created the hotel for the
young and hip, and they
come in abundance, de-
spite rooms that disguise
their minute size with
playful design.
d
235 West
46th Street, New York, NY
10036
•
Map J2
•
212 764
5500
•
www.ianschrager
hotels.com
•
$$$
Hudson Hotel
The Schrager-Starck
team pulled out all the
stops for this 1,000 room
extravaganza, a melting
pot of styles described as
“organized chaos . Tiny
rooms were billed low-
budget, but rates went up
when the hotel became a
hit. d
356 West 58th St,
New York, NY 10019
•
Map
H2
•
212 554 6000
•
www.
hudsonhotel.com
•
$$
Time Hotel
Bold red, bright
yellow, or blue? Each of
the 200 rooms in this new
hotel is awash in color,
courtesy of hot designer
Adam Tihany. Take the
glass and chrome elevator
to the peaceful second-
floor bar. d
224 West 49th
Street, New York, NY 10036
•
Map J3
•
212 320 2900
•
www.thetimeny.com
•
$$$
Mercer Hotel
A hit from day one
with Hollywood
luminaries, the Mercer is
housed in an 1890 struc-
ture built for John Jacob
Astor II, and makes good
use of lofty spaces and a
voguish, shabby-chic
look. d
147 Mercer Street,
New York, NY 10012
•
Map N4
•
212 966 6060
•
$$$$-$$$$$
W Times Square
The W Hotel group
has a winning formula,
turning an ordinary hotel
into a hip sanctuary. It
features a big, open
lobby, plenty of light and
clever use of contemporary
furnishings in a limited
space. d
W Times Square,
1567 Broadway and 47th
St, New York, NY 10036
•
212 930 7400
•
Map J3
•
www.whotels.com
•
$$$-$$$$$
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