The Empire State Building's Chic New Bar / Lounge
Last week my colleague Deirdre Woollard reported on the Empire State Building's swanky new lobby, part of a $550 million building-wide renovation project. Now comes word that the New York architectural icon is also getting a great new cocktail lounge from nightlife entrepreneur Mark Grossich, known for elegant boîtes like the Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Station. He's turning a 3,500-sq.-ft. former post office on the skyscraper's ground floor into the Art Deco-style Empire Room, slated to open at the end of November. Design firm Goodman Charlton has cooked up an elegant scheme employing plush mohair, intricate cut velvets, macassar ebony, silver leaf, embossed leather, marble and polished stainless steel in tones of rich brandy, deep cognac, icy silver, and golden cream for the interior (rendering above), meant to evoke a more glamorous era of supper clubs and gentlemanly drinking establishments.
[via Duncan Quinn]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bbaileyantiques Oct 12th 2009 5:56PM
THE SPACE LOOKS WONDERFUL AND ENTICING!! BUT BETTER YET, WHAT ARE THE PRICE RANGES FOR A GLASS OF WINE,SNACKS ETC.?
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE RESERVATIONS OR IS AMEX BLACK THE STANDARD CARD?