My assistant contacted them yesterday and arranged for a viewing of one of the rooms. I think I'll be ok. Thanks for the heads up, though.

I'm impressed they will allow for a viewing. I was irritated at the New York Standard when they would not allow me to view one of the rooms.
I was staying at the High Line Hotel at the time. I would not put the Standard or the High Line the class you are looking for. I needed
to stay in the Meatpacking/Chelsea District and there were not a lot of options. My choices came down to Standard or High Line but I chose
High LIne due to larger room size. High LIne is quirky but close to a lot of restaurants and Chelsea Market and also close to the High LIne trail
but it was a long walk to subways. Again, I would not call either a high end luxury hotel which is what this thread is about but for Chelsea/Meatpacking area the Standard and High Line are at the high end for the district.

I'll be interested in your feedback on the Greenwich after your viewing as I'm considering it for my next stay.

Any news on the equinox hotel?
ps how is Aman going?

I don't know but I am still rolling my eyes at the exchange that preceded it.

Not sure if grumbler's eyes rolled out of his head. Anyways...
Tried the CSH one more time just for pete's sake a few weeks ago. Still too many service lapses. My partner still continued to wonder why I spend $1k per night for this property. My assistant the same. All the people I hosted at the hotel the same. And I think it's high time I moved it over.

I booked the Greenwich Hotel in a corner suite for December. Will see how it goes. Tribeca is a bit of an older crowd than SoHo, but still not nearly as bad as midtown.

I suppose if the GH doesn't work out, then I'll try the Baccarat.

And if the Baccarat doesn't work, hopefully the Aman will be open by my next visit :D

Four Seasons Downtown has always been good to me. I'd highly recommend it.

I was thinking about this. I might do it but I try to stay at hotels that don't feel like "hotels," if that makes sense. From the pictures of the rooms, Four Seasons seemed really ordinary. That's why I liked the CSH so much. The rooms there were so much more "home like."

Rooms at Four Seasons Downtown New York are ordinary. Designed by Yabu Pushelberg -- says it all, really!

They're a currently trendy interior design firm. They also did the Park Hyatt NYC further west on 57th.

Yabu Pushelberg should only be designing offices and doctor's waiting rooms instead of high-end hotels -- totally soulless.

Shame reading about CSH - I love this property, but haven't been to NYC now for a couple of years...