Amazing what you can find on google maps. The eye-in-the-sky picture of Manhattan shows Central Park, the Plaza hotel, Trump Tower (the triangular building with the jagged southwest-facing facade), and quite a stretch of Madison Avenue (running north-south along the right edge of the picture.
I've drawn a red box around a building in the lower left of the picture. This is the Crown Building, a located at the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. A 26 story, neo-classical, beaux-arts building completed in 1921, it will become the home of the Aman New York. Here's what Aman has to say about their project:
copyright (c) 2017 by Ourisman Travel LLC. All rights reserved. We provide Virtuoso and other Preferred Partner amenities as an affiliate of Brownell, a Virtuoso® Member. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.
I've drawn a red box around a building in the lower left of the picture. This is the Crown Building, a located at the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. A 26 story, neo-classical, beaux-arts building completed in 1921, it will become the home of the Aman New York. Here's what Aman has to say about their project:
Situated in the heart of Manhattan at the crossroads of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, overlooking Central Park, Aman New York will occupy the iconic Crown Building. Embodying the splendour of the Gilded Age and dynamism of Fifth Avenue, the Crown Building is one of the most architecturally significant buildings in Manhattan.
As it embarks on a new chapter, the Crown Building – formerly the first home of the Museum of Modern Art – will undergo a monumental transformation, which will see it fully restored to its original splendour and imbued with the spirit of Aman.
Aman New York will comprise not only guest rooms and suites, but will also house the first urban Aman Residences, a collection of just 20 incomparable private homes. It will offer the unrivalled, intuitive service for which Aman is celebrated, providing peace and privacy in the most energetic and engaging city in the world. This new urban sanctuary, together with its fully serviced Aman Residences, will open in 2020.
Aman New York will occupy the entire building except for the first three floors of retail space. The hotel will have 83 guest rooms and suites, 19 private Aman Residences on the upper floors, and a five-story, park-view Penthouse at the peak of the building. The hotel will have three dining venues and a 22,000 square foot spa with 80-foot indoor pool.
I can't wait to see what Aman creates, but we'll have to wait until 2020 when New York's most aspirational hotel will be unveiled.
I can't wait to see what Aman creates, but we'll have to wait until 2020 when New York's most aspirational hotel will be unveiled.
copyright (c) 2017 by Ourisman Travel LLC. All rights reserved. We provide Virtuoso and other Preferred Partner amenities as an affiliate of Brownell, a Virtuoso® Member. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.
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