Morgans is a columned building dating from 1926 and located three
blocks from the Empire State Building and approximately 15 miles
west of LaGuardia Airport. This location is also a block from Morgan
Library and Fifth Avenue, seven blocks from the Grand Central
Terminal, nine blocks from the United Nations, 13 blocks from
Rockefeller Center, and 20 miles from John F. Kennedy International
Airport. Hotel amenities include the 24-hour concierge,
complimentary continental breakfast, and fourth-floor living room
with free Internet access, coffee, tea, and fruit until late each
evening. Under the direction of acclaimed restaurateur Jeffrey
Chodorow, Asia de Cuba serves an innovative menu that blends Asian
and Latino cuisines in a theatrical Philippe Starck-designed space.
It features a 30-foot long illuminated marble communal table that
runs through the main dining area, a 15-foot tall photo lightbox
featuring a running waterfall, high-backed white banquettes, and
living room areas with fireplaces. Morgans Bar is beneath the hotel
lobby and has exposed brick walls, a concrete floor, dozens of
flickering candles, and a collection of unique furniture. The hotel
also offers room service, valet laundry service, valet parking (42
per 24-hour period for standard cars), a doorman, and free passes to
a health club one block away. Portable computers and fax machines
are available on request. All 113 rooms feature signed
Mapplethorpe photographs, maple paneling, deluxe bedding,
330-thread-count sheets, plush ultrasuede banquettes, silk throw
pillows, corduroy club chairs, black-and-white tiled bathrooms,
safes, designer toiletries, bathroom TVs, hairdryers, irons and
ironing boards, dual-line phones, high-speed Internet access, CD
players, and minibars. |