The New York Edition

The oversized lamps are a nod to light fixtures in other Edition hotels.

The former Met Life building sits in a cluster of other early 20th Century Skyscrapers, it’s like Gotham after the clean-up.

Rooms are simple and fresh, as with most other Schrager properties.

Due South from my room on floor 37; East River to the left, Hudson on the right.

The room stretched around two sides of the 1909 skyscraper.

Big bonus points: Mast Brothers chocolates in the mini bar.

Bathrooms are simple but big; the shower poured down like a summer monsoon.

Another great collaboration: Edition x Le Labo.

As with other Editions, the statement lobby bar dwarfs drinkers.

The voluminous entry feels like the opulent entrance to a 1920s New York apartment building.

On the second floor, the principal Met Life office suites have been transformed in to an enfilade of common rooms.

Billiard room with full-sized table.

Architectural details have been preserved as much as possible.

Back downstairs, a hand-forged steel fireplace stretches the length of the backwall of the lobby.

The New York Edition has taken over the landmark Metropolitan Life Building on Madison Avenue, which is a damn fine building.