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Frommer's Recommended

In the landmarked 1903-built Chemist's Club building, the Dylan is a combination of Beaux Arts opulence and modern, sleek Jeffrey Beers-designed interiors. That combination is evident in the lobby with muted colors and glass paneling centered around a magnificent, gilded age, marble staircase. The rooms also reflect that mix with impressive 11-foot ceilings along with high tech amenities like iHome clock radios. The Carrara marble bathrooms with Italian-porcelain-bowl style sinks look nice, but I find them cumbersome and lacking in shelf space. If you can, check out the Alchemy Suite, the former Chemist Club's mock laboratory with a vaulted ceiling, stained glass windows, and stone doorways; it's most definitely a one-of-a-kind room. The Benjamin Steakhouse is the hotel's restaurant and features a ten-foot working fireplace. And, it's a block from Grand Central Station and Bryant Park. Though the rates are comparable, The Dylan doesn't offer the services of the Library Hotel (across the street) but if you can't get a room there, it's a perfectly acceptable local alternative.

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

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