Located in New York's Upper East Side, the Carlyle is steps away from Central Park and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Walking through the lobby or the famed restaurant Dowling's at The Carlyle ...

What’s the best hotel in New York? For a certain crowd (New Yorkers, mostly) this is about as polarizing a question as: Uptown or downtown? Which is also what makes them the perfect people to ask.

A classic, a landmark, a grande dame. And by New York standards this dame is getting on a bit. (You’d never ask her age, I know, but look her up. Born 1930.) Nevertheless, there’s nothing dusty about ...