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Perhaps your introduction to Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Hotel is the exquisite martini at its mahogany-drenched watering hole, The Portrait Bar, which comes with a side "salad" of olives ...

Case in point: It took 11 years to turn a 120-year-old McKim, Mead & White-designed former bank into the Fifth Avenue Hotel. An early hurdle was getting approval from the Landmarks Preservation ...

PS senior content director Lena Felton stayed in Andaz 5th Avenue's Wellness Suite and found tranquility in the heart of ...

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My first book was on the Plaza Hotel, which is on Fifth—that was my first deep dive into Fifth Avenue. My most recent book follows department stores along Fifth Avenue and the women who ran them.

Its windows lit the gloomy night like a party in the Roaring Twenties. The Fifth Avenue hotel's manager was waiting for me. I have stayed in hotels throughout the world but this was the first time I ...

Don’t bother buying a hotel. There’s no need now, as it has never been easier to enjoy the feeling of your own private resort (if temporarily). Call it an owner’s lodge, a royal villa ...

The decade-long project combined meticulous restoration of an early 1900s-era building with the addition of a complementary 24-story tower, creating a unique hospitality experience that features ...