The first half of my vacation I stayed at the Jane Hotel. The room was quite small but the bathrooms were awesome (the best of anyplace I have stayed in NYC) and the showers had the rain shower heads. The place was a little out of the way but near the High Line (stunning pictures to follow). The hotel had an "energy saving" measure which was a small brass rod that went into a hole in the wall that turned everything (lights, electricity, the fan) on simultaneously. It was OK except there wasn't a way to turn the fan off while watching TV or blogging so it could get cold and the sound was irritating.
The Mansion was resplendent in history..From The House of the Redeemer website,
The House at 7 East 95th Street was built between 1914 and 1916 to serve as the town residence of Edith Shepard Fabbri, a great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her husband, Ernesto Fabbri, an associate of J. Pierpont Morgan...The House was designated a New York City Landmark in 1974, and is considered by many architectural historians to be one of the most distinguished examples of early 20th century residential architecture in New York City.
I had a 4th floor servant quarter room (very big room), I also had the choice of 3 bathrooms. It was very quiet and nice, I could come and go as I pleased. It was right in the middle of the museum district and Sunday I scored free admission to the Smithsonian Design Museum (Andrew Carnegie's old mansion) and visited the Ukrainian Institute (the last home of Peter Stuyvesant's last direct descendants, another old mansion). I didn't take a picture of the inside but these are two shots of the outside.The first pictures are of the inside of my room at the Jane Hotel. My belongings are on the single bed w/ the TV above it, the free water bottle is on the shelf.
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