Constructed from brick, steel and glass on the site of a SoHo parking lot, the Crosby Street Hotel - which opened in September 2009 - is the first stateside venture by the London-based Firmdale Hotel group. Like its design-savvy British cousins, this hotel bears the stamp of co-owner Kit Kemp, whose imaginative combinations of fresh colours and textures, antique and contemporary furnishings lend its 86 rooms a quirky English edge. The hotel has a sculpture garden, a gym and a screening room. The Crosby Bar & Terrace serves some of the city's best cocktails, as well as an excellent bistro-style menu made with produce from its own rooftop kitchen garden. X-factor 'The rooms at Crosby Street Hotel are bright, light, joyful spaces from which to enjoy the best of SoHo,' says Gold List contributor Peter Browne. 'The owners have assembled a most inspiring collection of artefacts and art.
