From organic pet food to designer doggie day beds, we live in the age of the pampered pet. These days you don’t need to leave your pet at the kennel; you can bring your furry friend to the city and check into a pet-friendly hotel offering everything from dog menus to dog sitters and walkers. There’s also enough green spaces and dog runs in town to satisfy even the most rambunctious animal.
Located in the Financial District, The Beekman is a stunner built in the 1800s and boasting a nine-story glass atrium complete with a skylight and wrought iron balustrades. While pets are not allowed to parade around the English club-style lobby decorated with velvet couches and wooden bookshelves, they’ll feel right at home in the apartment-like rooms done up with dark, wooden floors, and vintage furniture.
A former maritime union hall in Chelsea, The Maritime Hotel allows four-legged friends to check in with their owners. The cabin-like rooms with their signature porthole windows are cozy but efficient, with plenty of storage areas. The sprawling outdoor terrace—it’s 10,000 square feet—gives your pet plenty of space to run around. Nearby is the High Line and Hudson River Park, giving guests even more options for post-dinner walks.
Just below Canal Street, The Roxy Hotel offers animals (and owners) organic treats and doggie bags for those early morning ambles. The guest rooms feature mid-century modern furniture as well as acoustic guitars, Smeg refrigerators (where you can stow pet food) and even pet goldfish to keep your four-legged friend company. Guests also have the opportunity to explore the hotel’s eclectic nightlife offerings, including a jazz club and a small cinema. Guests also have access to the private dog park at The Soho Grand, their sister property a few blocks north.
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Archer Hotel New York
Midtown
Just around the block from Bryant Park, in the midst of New York’s garment district, the brand-new Archer Hotel goes all-out in its pursuit of a memorable identity: not only have they developed a strong visual style, they’ve instituted an approach to service that’s equally distinctive. This, apparently, is thanks to the example set by your mysterious host — also named Archer, he’s the embodiment of 21st-century Manhattan hospitality, a sort of modern-day Jeeves in a Dior Homme suit, perhaps, who strives discreetly behind the scenes to anticipate every need and satisfy every whim.
The Beekman - A Thompson Hotel
Financial District
Hard to believe an architectural gem of the Beekman’s stature went neglected for so many years, but we’re happy to report that it’s back in business, and it’s been put to the best possible use. (We would say that, wouldn’t we?) The Beekman, a Thompson Hotel, to give it its full name, is an Old New York original, an 1881-vintage skyscraper from the days when a skyscraper meant nine stories of terraced red brick. And if the silhouette doesn’t convince you of its landmark status, a glance upwards surely will, as you walk across the towering central atrium with its pyramidal glass skylight.
The Maritime Hotel
Meatpacking District
The Maritime Hotel was designed in 1966 for the National Maritime Union; hence its name, and its nautical theme. Today it is one of New York’s hipster hangouts, owing as much to its location (just off the Meatpacking District) as to the charms of the hotel itself.
This is not a traditional hotel, by any stretch — all rooms face westward, looking over the Hudson and New Jersey through five-foot porthole windows. The real action, of course, is in the public spaces, from the parade of models and actors in the lobby to the 10,000-square-foot terrace — the largest outdoor space in any New York hotel.
The Mark Hotel
Upper East Side
It’s about as far as you can get — both figuratively and literally — from the funky downtown boutique hotels of lower Manhattan. The Mark is the very picture of classic, timeless Upper East Side poshness, in spite of — or maybe even because of — its recent, extremely thorough renovation. And in its present incarnation it’s proof that old money doesn’t necessarily imply old-fashioned.
The Roxy Hotel New York
Tribeca
Tribeca is one of Manhattan’s oddest blends, a district mixing the arty downtown cool of Soho with the big-money sheen of the financial district, the spot where 19th-century cobblestones meet sleek industrial architecture, with a dash of bright light courtesy of the sun going down over the Hudson (not to mention several of New York’s best restaurants). Perfectly exemplifying this blend of high gloss and arty edge is the Roxy Hotel New York.
Hero image: Soho Hotel Dog Park
