Suites & Chambers
Eighty-seven keys, four manners of staying. Every rate is engraved below, as the founder insisted — a price one must whisper is a price one cannot afford.
I·The Plaques
The room most of the century checked into.
420 sq ftOne king bedBoulevard aspect
A corner of the house with opinions of its own.
760 sq ftParlor & chamberCorner aspect
Seven shades of green, signed behind the bookshelf.
980 sq ftMarchetti muralsGarden aspect
The whole of the top floor. The clouds keep their distance.
2,600 sq ftThe entire floorTerrace on four sides
II·In Every Chamber
Standard, in the original sense of the word — the standard below which the house does not go.
Pressed linen, changed daily without ceremony
A brass key — and, reluctantly, a card
Blackout drapes worthy of 1942
The house scent: cedar, vetiver, cold marble
Shoes left out by midnight, returned shined by seven
The newspaper of your nation, ironed flat
Ice delivered at six in the evening, unasked
The night porter, one ring away
No televisions in the parlors — there is a bar downstairs
Silence, properly maintained, on every floor
III·House Notes
i.Arrival from three o’clock; departure by noon, extended with a word to the desk.
ii.Dogs of good character are welcome. Their misdeeds are billed to the room without comment.
iii.Every rate includes breakfast in the Palm Court and the use of the pool at dawn.
iv.Children are adored, and expected to be interesting.
v.The rate engraved is the rate paid. The house does not surge, fluctuate, or apologize.
vi.Jackets after eight in the Gilded Hour. The rule is older than you and will outlast us both.
By order of the desk, 1926 — present.