New Glass-Domed Rooftop Lounge in New York
Last week, The Strand, a boutique hotel recently opened in Manhattan's Fashion District, threw a party to celebrate the opening of it's glass-domed rooftop lounge. Friends, family and press sipped Champagne and stood with jaws dropped, staring at the incredible reach-out-and-touch-it view of the Empire State building just three blocks away. The glass-roof is retractable (shown here open) and is one of just two in the city. The other covers Plunge, the rooftop bar at The Gansevoort Hotel further downtown in the Meatpacking District). The Strand's lounge is more intimate and filled with comfortable Asian-inspired plantings and banquets, the perfect spot to enjoy a drink at night's end. The lounge is The Strand's sexiest asset, the rooms, while fairly large by New York standards, are simply furnished.
The hotel will likely be hopping twice a year during Fashion Week. As a tip of the hat to the fashion crowd, the owners sourced vintage fashion shots from Condé Nast's archives and framed them in rooms and public spaces. So even if guest aren't a part of the fashion crowd, they can feel like they are. And a new, soon-to-be-opened ground-floor restaurant features a cozy two-sided fireplace, another great gathering spot for this mid-town hotel.
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