A glassy mountain range of exposed offices; on a clear day you can look through the windows and see as many as 6,000 coffee breaks at once.
– Frederic Morton
A grand old odalisque should never deign to turn housewife.
– Frederic Morton
Its oak paneling is rectory English; the marble in its bathrooms sometimes outdoes the tombstones of the Medici; and the salutes of the older bellhops seem imported from Windsor Castle.
– Frederic Morton
The guests are often in key with the decor: beautifully preserved, highly pedigreed and finely burnished specimens of the fin de siecle.