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Jason Pomeranc and partners' follow-up to their SoHo hotel 60 Thompson brought a blast of downtown cool to high-rise midtown when it opened - two years late - in November. Half a block from Columbus Circle, moments from Central Park and bang opposite the Time Warner Center (an upmarket mall with the Mandarin Oriental New York at its glass-shard summit), 6 Columbus occupies a 1920s brick-and-stucco building that used to be the three-star West Park Hotel. What the 88-room hotel lacks in views it makes up for in looks: Steven Sclaroff's 'Mod meets midtown' design features Eero Saarinen furniture, teak walls, cowhide rugs and pinstriped upholstery, plus 1960s fashion photography by Guy Bourdin. Bathrooms have midnight-blue tiles, illuminated mirrors and Fresh toiletries. The glam look extends to the lifts, which are lined with pony skin, while the lobby has marble walls and a super-sized chesterfield sofa. It's linked to the pine-panelled Blue Ribbon restaurant, the city's fifth, which serves decent sushi and better grilled fish to a noisy mix of Manhattanites and hotel guests, who get priority seating. A rooftop bar for guests and members only, modelled on 60 Thompson's 'sceney' spot A60, opens this summer. Breakfast, not included in the room rate, is served in the Blue Ribbon; if you don't fancy paying $6 for a coffee (and a lot more for granola), Starbucks is next door and there's a branch of Dean & DeLuca across the road.
WHEN TO GO
Spring and early summer to take advantage of the rooftop bar.
ROOM TO BOOK
The King suites are bigger than most New York apartments.
6 Columbus Circle, New York, USA (00 1 212 204 3000; www.sixcolumbus.com). Doubles from $457; King suites from $888
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