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A hotel suitable for all divas.
Address: 101 W. 57th St., at Sixth Ave., New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-246-1500
Room Rates: Studio, $189; One bedroom, $209-$259. |
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Type of Accomodation
• Boutique Hotel
• Good for Business Travelers
• Mid-range
Subways
F, N, R, Q, W to 57th St.
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* Our Ratings: Only hotels that New York "recommends" or "highly rrecommends" are given a star rrating. |
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If only these walls could sing. Since 1929, the Buckingham Hotel has attracted a slew of opera divas and jazz musicians partially because—as the hotel staff rightly points out—few other boutique hotels are closer to the city`s finest venues for theater, music and dance. In the lobby, 11 music-inspired sculptures, featuring relics from battered instruments, celebrate the hotel`s place in musical history. Each of the 100 spacious and colorful residential-style suites—which range from 450- to over 800-square feet—feature fully equipped kitchens, free high-speed Internet access and all the electronic equipment needed to play the CD of live performances from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center that are available at the hotel`s impressive library. A well-stocked business center, 24-hour gym with sauna, sofa beds in many rooms and a Patron`s Lounge (complete with flat-screen TV) are welcome extras. And fear not: This may be a music-themed, apartment-style hotel, but there will be no sudden sounds of clarinet practice at 3 a.m.—Nick Divito
PROS
An oasis of quiet in the city`s musical center.
CLAIM TO FAME
When the Queen Mum died, the "Buckingham" was flooded with sympathy bouquets. Famous guests have included Ignacy Paderewski, Van Cliburn, jazz sax great Gato Barbieri and opera`s Regina Resnick.
STEPS AWAY
Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, City Center, Steinway & Sons, Chanel, Bergdorf Goodman, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, Hard Rock Café, Late Night with David Letterman, Central Park, The Paris Theater, the Steinway Gallery (the city`s last piano maker).
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