Designed by Dorothy Draper and stayed in by Kennedys, royalty and Michael Jackson, The Carlyle is a New York institution that cannot be bettered, argues Steven King.
A great hotel it indisputably is. 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 The Carlyle. Unless you mean stardusty. In which case, yes….
