The Best Room in the House: The Greenwich Hotel
It should be like sitting down to watch an action film where the lead role of a New York taxi driving sociopath is taken by renowned bad boy The Honourable Sir Rocco Forte: “You talking to me? Well,...
View ArticleCassa New York Residences
This new complex may not be the poshest on the block but with big, comfy rooms and a solid location it should make a mint. So long as the owners keep the grouting clean. Unless they suddenly get...
View ArticleThe Empire Hotel Strikes Back
You can stay in a hotel worse than The Empire. You’d be unlucky to stay somewhere more disappointing. The Empire is a one hundred year old legend, part of New Yorks hotelscape and it’s just had an...
View ArticleCassa NYC
Unless they suddenly get greedy, the owners of New York’s Cassa Residences should make pretty good money for the next 15 years. Cassa’s smart, not grand. It’s not asking you to pay for some fancy...
View ArticleNew York Hilton
Don Draper, distant and sad, slinks off from the forced reverie of the wedding party and explores the venue – an opulent, labyrinthine Long Island country club. In the club lounge, he finds a charming,...
View ArticleThe Sky’s The Limit: 80 Columbus Circle, New York
When playing Fantasy Real Estate, we tend to put together a portfolio based around favourite cities and ideal locations. Anything with a beach front will do in The Hamptons. Our London home will be in...
View ArticleThe Palace Hotel, Midtown NYC
When your business empire is about to crumble like a cookie, what should you do? Commission an extravagant building, of course. Preferably one that is architecturally important, carries your name and...
View ArticleThe Mark Hotel, New York
Old New York stalwart goes hipster. The crowd goes “ooohhh”… Towering over the corner of 77th and Madison, The Mark has long since been a New York City institution. But old school decor has been...
View ArticleSpeaking on the Blower: The Bentley Suite at New York’s St Regis
If John Jacob Astor hadn’t tanked it in the Titanic, you can imagine he would have got a real kick out of seeing a Bentley Blower parked up outside his classic New York Hotel, the St Regis. Built in...
View ArticleLucid in the Sky: The Dream Hotel, New York
Freud considered all dreams to be in essence a form of wish fulfilment. Yes, even the scary ones. Luckily, Vikram Chatwal’s theatrical sci-fi hide out, deep in Midtown Manhattan is no dystopian...
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