Reminiscing about travel this week, and remembering my stay at the glorious Beekman Hotel NYC, a few years ago.
“Built in 1881 as one of New York’s first skyscrapers, then serving as an office block for decades, The Beekman was abandoned for over 15 years before its multi-million-dollar renovation by British architect Martin Brudnizki, the man behind Soho House and the renovated Royal Academy of Art.
Though still relatively new on the city’s hotel scene, the hotel has rapidly gained a reputation as one of New York's most stunning – and rightly so. The central spine of the hotel is the atrium, a nine-storey riot of wrought-iron balustrades under a glass roof. On the ground floor, underneath the atrium, the atmospheric Bar Room is straight out of an Agatha Christie set, all plump sofas, fringed table lamps, green leather-topped bar stools and a long glass case stuffed with conversation-starting curios.”
The Beekman Hotel
123 Nassau St, New York, NY 10038, United States.
