The hotel’s “striking yet timeless interiors” are designed to be “both loft-like and evocative of the city’s century-old apartment residences.” A sophisticated bar, a shop carrying artisanal products made by local purveyors, and peaceful guestrooms also feature.

The hotel’s 485 Fifth Avenue location has a history in fashion and retail. Built during the great era of Manhattan department stores, it was the largest and last of the Rogers, Peet & Co. department stores, later becoming the Tommy Hilfiger global headquarters before its transformation into Andaz 5th Avenue.

The first full New York City hotel by designer Tony Chi, a muted palette and exposed pipe ceilings channel industrial New York and the silence of pre-dawn midtown; open spaces, open kitchens, and residential style furniture add a home-like feeling to the space; factory sash windows pay homage to New York City’s pre-war apartments and factories and provide unrestricted views of area icons, such as the Empire State Building and The New York Public Library directly across the street.

Natural materials such as black- and white-washed poplar and rich grey basalt provide a counterpoint to the sheen of white lacquer finishes and marquis lighting. In playful contrast, a striking 14-foot vermillion painting by Carlos Capelán and a Nick Hornby sculpture represent the dynamic energy of New York City.

Of the 184 rooms, 36 are suites, six of which have terraces overlooking the grand façade of the New York Public Library.  Starting at 322 square feet, the guestrooms have 12-foot ceilings, and double glazed windows.

Black-washed poplar shutters enclose the oversized bathrooms that are lined in polished travertine marble, with rainfall shower heads, dual sinks, and amenities from New York apothecary C.O. Bigelow.

The Andaz XL Two-Bedroom Terrace Suite is 1,779 square feet (166 square metres), with an expansive landscaped terrace and views of both the Hudson River and the East River.  Splash Suites feature a deep egg-shaped, free-standing bathtub, positioned in the centre of the oversized bathroom for the best views of the New York Public Library and the Empire State Building.

Through the corner entrance on Fifth Avenue, guests and neighbours can visit the ground-level shop, which serves artisanal Blue Bottle coffee, pastries, goodies from local purveyors such as Mast Brothers, a microbatch chocolate company in Williamsburg that sources cacao from family-run farms, and Beekman 1802, an upstate New York farm that produces goat milk soaps scented with seasonal ingredients.  A 38-seat restaurant on the ground floor offers guests a menu in which ingredients are sourced from New York State farms, and local purveyors such as Katz’s Delicatessen, Sullivan Street Bakery, and the Pickle Guys.  If you can’t make it to Manhattan’s favorite local haunts, you’ll find it at Andaz 5th Avenue. The restaurant at Andaz 5th Avenue is open all day and into the evening.

A bar in the cellar serves small-batch liquors and a carefully curated selection of wines by the glass, along with small and medium plates to share. Two oversized, 14-foot Claro Walnut wood slabs serve as the bars.  In addition to the convivial space located near the bar and kitchen, guests can find plenty of nooks for quiet conversation in banquette seating or near the corner cheese room.  An open ceiling exposes beams, and fixtures reminiscent of industrial New York.  A warm brick wall from a 1790 rural Connecticut farmhouse lines the entrance and basement walls of the bar

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