PRICE:
Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

This 1904 Beaux Arts hotel was getting worn around the edges when it was rescued by architect David Rockwell and refurbished magnificently a few years ago. The highlight of that $60-million renovation is the grand, sweeping lobby complete with a marble curving staircase and a cathedral-like high ceiling. While the Roger a few blocks up, also recently renovated, went for a cool, sleek, modern-tropical look, the Hotel Carlton has tried to recapture the majestic glory of the past blended with New Age nods such as contemporary furnishings in the lobby along with a bubbling, two-story waterfall. Rooms are a generous size and retain that Beaux Arts motif with the addition of modern amenities such as wireless Internet and iPod clock radios. The marble bathrooms offer plenty of counter space; some rooms have bathtubs while others just have showers.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's New York City 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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