Stonehill Taylor has completed the revitalization of New York’s iconic Algonquin Hotel. The 181-room Beaux-Arts style hotel now boasts refreshed interiors—including its famed Blue Bar and Oak Room—that nod to the sophisticated splendor of the Roaring Twenties as well as the literary and theatrical characters that considered the Algonquin their second home.
“Stonehill Taylor seamlessly tied in the Algonquin’s illustrious past as the oldest continuously operating hotel in Manhattan while creating modern and glamorous interiors,” says Stonehill Taylor principal Sara Duffy. “With white and black mosaic flooring, contemporary wall sconces, and Corinthian-style topped columns, the Algonquin is full of life and continues to pull guests in with its beautiful designs.”
Richly textured furniture, velvet drapery, theatrical lighting, and artwork defined by optical illusion animate the property’s public spaces. Anchored by a blue marble desk with red veining, reception is outfitted with hexagonal black and white stone tiling, ribbed leather banquettes, and sleek rounded floor trays that further enrich the atmosphere. In homage to the hotel’s resident cat, Hamlet VIII, the reception desk is also topped with a cat shelter, and custom shelving along the east window is equipped with cat steps.
The Oak Room cabaret was redesigned with an expandable partition to easily divide into two spaces, and eccentric ceiling fixtures in champagne-finished metal form a squiggly pattern overhead. The nearby Blue Bar Restaurant and Lounge retains its famed blue lighting and now showcases backlit shelves in powdercoated blue and champagne tones as a focal point. Marble and rounded edges nod to the design of the reception along with black and white mosaic flooring.
The Algonquin Round Table—a community of early 20th-century writers who frequented the hotel to talk shop—is honored with a new intimate seating area just off the bar. Aptly dubbed the Round Table, the cordoned off space is lined with original Al Hirschfeld sketches depicting the group’s many personalities beneath disc-shaped pendants in marbleized patterns.
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