Luxury hotels

Part 1: “Pondering” the construction of the Plaza Hotel In 1883, the south east corner of Central Park was a remote spot of the city with goats roaming at the intersection of Fifth Avenue at Grand Army Plaza which was...

Part 2: (Part 1 here). Hello Dollys! While these elegant theaters and hotels with a sophisticated crowd were attempting to elevate Times Square to a respectable status, Times Square was emerging as its own deal in an unstoppable vortex of...

Walking up on Park, Madison or Fifth Avenues is like turning the pages of a glossy magazine such as Vanity Fair, page by page, block by block. Elegant ladies leisurely strolling out of their posh buildings outnumbered by their doormen,...

There are New York hotels that we will always remember and New York hotels that we should never be allowed to forget. The latter served a higher purpose in history; their mere existence was considered a threat for some and...

Friends and rivals, the Astors and the Vanderbilts shared a tragic fate. John Jacob Astor IV died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and William Gwynne Vanderbilt (who was originally booked on the Titanic, but changed his...

Lights, Camera, Action!! Enjoy the movie.

Luci, Camera, Azione Ciak!

In these lobbies you witness art and culture mixing with greed and power and you feel the freedom and happiness of being who you are without judgment. Take the time to look around and you will see a world of...