From the street, the industrial facade of the 35-storey building with a glass atrium revealing the vertical gardens inside catches the eye of passersby. Opened since February with an architectural design by Stonehill & Taylor, Moxy Chelsea is an ode to its location – New York City’s Flower District. Its interior spaces — comprising bedrooms and a hotel entry/ check-in designed by Yabu Pushelberg, as well as Rockwell Group-designed restaurants, bars and a lobby — reinvent the concept of an urban jungle with Italian touches throughout.
Upon arrival, guests discover the charming Putnam & Putnam boutique florist, which immediately sets the tone for the overall botanical atmosphere.
Instead of a traditional reception desk, four butcher blocks suspended from the high 3.6m ceiling adorned with a digital art installation — where sentences such as, “Good Morning, Stranger” and “You Love Me, You Love Me More” appear on LED panels —are used as check-in kiosks.
Also located on the ground floor, two Italian culinary options. First, the charming Feroce Caffe with delicious coffee and fresh pastries.
Then, the indoor/outdoor Feroce Ristorante serving food created with the best ingredients in an intimate space where jewel and cognac tones combine with terrazzo floors and a terra cotta ceiling.
Accessible via the elevator or a sculptural, wood-cast concrete staircase, the second floor lobby lounge consists of a series of spaces that allow guests to work, play and relax throughout the day and night. For example, Bar Feroce has an alfresco garden terrace with a terra cotta pizza oven and a made-for-Moxy bocce drinking game ideal for spending casual moments enjoying authentic food.
At the front, the Conservatory is a glass-enclosed space filled with natural light, thanks to the greenhouse-style windows, where an impressive three-storey- high living wall is the main protagonist. Designed to have different functions, these dining, meeting, working and lounging spaces each have their own personality, creating a specific ambience in every corner.
With their floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall windows that create a feeling of openness, the Moxy Chelsea’s 349 rooms were created by Yabu Pushelberg to be highly functional with customdesigned, multipurpose furniture, including folding desks and chair/luggage racks, which hang on the walls when not in us. The restrained colour palette goes with wood-like floors and wax-dipped canvas headboards.
The icing on the cake is The Fleur Room, currently New York City’s highest rooftop bar on Moxy Chelsea’s 35th floor. Decorated with floral fabrics, a giant water droplet chandelier, a massive vintage disco ball and a copper-clad bar, the glass-enclosed lounge offers exceptional 360-degree views that run from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building. What’s more, at the touch of the button, it can transform into an open-air sky veranda, thanks to its retractable window wall. Here, the magic of the Big Apple becomes a reality.
Moxy Chelsea is at 105 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001, USA. Visit www.moxychelsea.com.
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