For over 100 years, this small area known as “The Village”, has been a Mecca to the creative and the rebellious. An artists' haven, and the east coast birthplace of the Beat scene, the 60’s counterculture, and the LGBT liberation, it’s tradition as an enclave of avant-garde and alternative culture started in the 19th century when small presses, art galleries, and experimental theater thrived. Later it maintained it's position as a center for forward-thinkers that have challenged the American culture with it’s role in hosting the first racially integrated night club, and the LGBT and anti-war movements. With it’s charming narrow streets, this is the best place for a day of walking and exploring the many interesting and diverse shops, food, bars, music, art and architecture.
The master of the mood and feel of the mid-20th century
A love letter to baseball
The 1920s Parisian art-deco inspired rooms designed by Andres Escobar, feature marble-inlaid Macassar ebony desks, chrome period lamps and satin poufs. The classic black-and-white tiled bathrooms come stocked with niceties from the venerable Village apothecary CO Bigelow. With a total of 113 rooms and only five to seven on every floor, it evokes the feel of a residential building. Some rooms have private terraces, floor-to-ceiling windows or cozy window seats, and many offer amazing views of One World Trade Center rising to the south, or the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings to the north. The restaurant Grape & Vine, elicits speakeasy glamour through distressed mirrors and plush red velvet banquettes.
