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2 Lexington Avenue
New York City,
New York
10010
United States
Tel: 212 920 3300
This 1925 landmark, whose bohemian sumptuousness had frayed in recent years, has been reanimated by hotelier Ian Schrager, who, with Julian Schnabel as his collaborator, buffed the old-school grandeur to a sheen and added canvases by Schnabel, Cy Twombly, and Jean-Michel Basquiat in the lobby. From the leather-topped dining tables to the artful splashes of color, the 185 guest rooms are mini versions of the ultrafabulous public areas. Aloof service often accompanies such chic, but the appropriately beautiful staff are eager and unassuming. The Rose Bar, with its original latticed wood-beam ceiling, becomes a velvet-rope nightspot after ten o'clock. A bonus: Guests can get a key to the private Gramercy Park.
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