Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The lobby of Warren Street Hotel, a mixture of art and bold color. Simon Brown There are various hotels in New York that have terraces attached to suites. But only one has its suite terraces accessorized with grass, ferns and cedars that a Brooklyn landscape designer, Brook Landscape , tends to every week.
Warren Street Hotel does, just one hint of the detail that co-Founder and Creative Director Kit Kemp included in her plans. Anyone who has stayed in one of Kit and Tim Kemp’s Firmdale Hotels , of which this hotel which opened in February is the latest, knows her exuberant, colorful style. But the attention to detail is always surprising.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Kit Kemp also picked the albums for the turntable in the Songbird Suite- Amy Winehouse and David Bowie among them.) An orange wing chair by the elevators flanked by zigzag wallpaper and a Terry Frost painting. Laurie Werner It's obvious that this hotel has a different slant to it even before you go inside.
Mixed in with the red brick buildings along Warren Street, this new build is a cool blue, sleek with floor to ceiling glass. Entering the lobby, you don’t know where to look first: the tower of baskets installation by Argentine artist Cristián Mohaded by the front wall, the large artwork by Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja composed of paper beads, the veined black marble statue. And all of the color: saffron, orange, royal blue framed by multicolored zigzag.
