Overview

After a 1991 facelift costing $170 million, this downtown landmark reopened to enthusiastic accolades from a sophisticated audience. This is a grand old hotel in the classic tradition, from the marble entrance foyer to the opulent central court where you can sip high tea to the strains of a harp. It is interesting to note that this is the hotel in which Enrico Caruso was staying during the 1906 earthquake.