Best New Hotels 2008:Six Columbus, New York

Located across from Central Park in Midtown west, close to Fifth Avenue, Broadway and the Upper West Side, the hotel is equipped with 88 rooms infused with a 60s modernist sensibility by designer Steven Sclaroff. It’s part of Thompson Hotels, which means a meticulously chic aesthetic reigns supreme – think cool teak and chrome furnishings. The hotel has a branch of the stellar Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill, and opening this summer is a rooftop bar.

We love That the rooms have artwork from fêted fashion photographer Guy Bourdin.

Rooms from about $495, www.sixcolumbus.com.
GEORGE EPAMINONDAS