Revitalized landmark.This fall, following a $35 million renovation, the Metropolitan Hotel will become a Doubletree branded property and be renamed Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. The completely remodeled upscale property at 569 Lexington Ave. will be Doubletree's largest hotel in Manhattan. Located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the Metropolitan Hotel is a cultural landmark due to its close proximity to the movie scene that made Marilyn Monroe a pop icon For the British television series, see . For religious icons, see . A pop icon is a celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era. . During the 1955 filming of "Seven Year Itch," the Hollywood legend posed in front of the hotel, then the historic Loews Theater, for her now famous "skirt flying scene." Acquired from the Tisch family, joint venture partners Goldman Sachs' Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, Highgate Holdings and Oxford Capital Group/Oxford Lodging Group tapped acclaimed design firm The Gettys Group to transform the hotel's lobby into a "retro-chic" greeting area, the bar into a sophisticated nightlife venue and the guest rooms into a modern oasis perfect for the business and leisure traveler. The hotel's interior redesign The art of using what people have in their homes to transform their spaces, without the need to purchasing new furniture. This discipline recognizes the existing space and marries the architecture, the furnishings and the accessories to create an attractive, engaged home. echoes the edgy and Art Deco art deco (ärt dĕkō`; är dākō`, ärt) or art moderne (är môdĕrn`, ärt) aesthetic originally created for the Metropolitan Hotel by world-renowned architect Morris Lapidus Morris Lapidus (November 25, 1902 – January 18, 2001) was the architect of curvy, flamboyant Neo-baroque moderne hotels that defined the 1950s 'Miami Beach' resort hotel style. , a pioneer in the Modernist movement. Self-described creator of "architecture of the American Dream American dream also American Dream n. An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: ," Lapidus once said, "I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. if it's Baroque or Brooklyn, just get me plenty of glamour and make sure it screams luxury." Today's redesigned Metropolitan Hotel does just that. "At its inception, the Metropolitan Hotel received much attention for its design," says John W. Rutledge, president of The Oxford Capital Group and a partner in the joint venture that owns the property. "It was important for us to preserve the deep-rooted history of the building and its relevance in the architectural landscape of Manhattan. "Though the redesign is significant, we have stayed true to the classic Art Deco motif, while elevating the hotel's status with modern amenities and edgy design elements." "Our desire with the redesign of the Metropolitan Hotel was to acknowledge the hotel's undeniably strong Modernist roots and spotlight the 1960's, an era in which the hotel was thriving and at the epicenter of the Modernist movement in Manhattan," says Jerry Zeitner, vice president of Gettys. |
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