Bryant Park Hotel

Description
This hotel has seen a lot more action since Koi, the East Coast branch of the splashy Los Angeles restaurant, opened in 2005. Ian Schrager’s partner Philip Pilevsky converted the 1924 American Radiator Building into his first New York property, and now the Bryant Park has all the right accessories to lure a modish crowd: a gorgeous 70-seat screening room with red velour chairs and built-in desks, 20 park-view suites with private terraces and, thanks to the hotel’s close proximity to Bryant Park, a well-heeled clientele during Fashion Week. And yet, even with Bose Wave radios, flat-screen TVs, Tibetan rugs and travertine marble bathrooms, the rooms can feel somewhat stark. Rooms: 128. Credit AmEx, DC, MC, V.