The building's detailed Beaux- Arts elements are illuminated by custom lighting. Inside, venturing through the hotel's revolving front door will take guests on trips to the design world's past and future. They can walk on sleek, modern black floors and gaze up into the vaulted, mirrored ceiling reflecting blown glass flames sitting atop decorative columns. With huge charcoal murals, an antique bar serves as a welcoming concierge desk and cappuccino bar. Passing through the lobby to one of the three bars takes guests under a colossal crystal boat and by a world- class aquarium and stoic copper statue (circa 1915) of Catherine the Great atop a waterfall.
As for dining, Dream's Serafina, a Fellini-inspired restaurant, allows patrons to savor Italian fare. The penthouse Ava Lounge, named after actress Ava Gardner, provides a feast of 1950s retro and French Riviera, with sculpted walls, bench seats, and black-and-white floors. The lounge's seasonal terrace provides panoramic views of the cityscape.
Yeah, but what about the rooms? They're 165 to 175 square feet of innovative treatments. Guests are privy to beds covered with 300-plus Egyptian cotton linens and plush feather duvets. The rooms also include Bose Wave sound systems, high-speed Internet connections, laptop safes, as well as wall-mounted 37- inch plasma TVs.
At the Dream, travelers are not just dreaming. |
