NOW BOOKING | A LADIES’ HOTEL OPEN TO ALL
by BROOKE BOBB
Danny Meyer’s Marta restaurant in the Martha Washington hotel.Credit Selldorf Architects
The Martha Washington hotel, built in 1903 to house unmarried women, will reopen in September in New York’s NoMad neighborhood, with austere new interiors by Annabelle Selldorf. “Our design for the hotel was very much influenced by the spirit of large, open spaces at the turn of the century,” says the architect, who updated the Renaissance Revival landmark with a walnut palette, blue tile floors and tons of glass to offset the space’s gothic fluted columns. Danny Meyer will also be opening Marta, a restaurant serving rustic Italian food, yet another fitting nod to the Washington’s namesake, who was known for being an expert hostess.
The lobby as it looked in 1913.
Credit – The collections of the
Museum of the City of New York.
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