THE ABRAMS EDIT
A CURATED NEW YORK ADDRESS BOOK
OUR POINT OF VIEW
The Abrams Edit is our evolving collection of hotels, restaurants, galleries, shops, and cultural spaces that continually sharpen our eye. Some are established references; others are quiet discoveries. Each offers an idea worth carrying forward: an unexpected material pairing, a beautifully resolved detail, a new way of placing objects, or simply a feeling that lingers long after we leave.
HOTELS WITH A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE
STAY
The Greenwich Hotel
A masterclass in quiet layering: hand-finished plaster, reclaimed wood, patterned tile, and global references come together with the ease of a deeply personal home.
The Manner
Milanese modernism meets 1970s glamour through saturated color, polished wood, velvet, and sculptural lighting - expressive, enveloping, and confidently residential.
The Twenty Two New York
Shaker restraint and American Craftsman detail are interpreted with a cinematic point of view, creating rooms that feel intimate, tailored, and slightly mysterious.
Nine Orchard
The gravitas of a landmark bank is softened by warm woods, custom furnishings, and muted color, proving that historic architecture can feel elegant without becoming precious.
The Mercer
Loft-like proportions, disciplined lines, and a near-monastic material palette capture the enduring appeal of downtown minimalism.
Hotel Chelsea
Original architecture, bohemian history, and rooms layered with art and patina give the hotel an authenticity that could never be manufactured.
ROOMS WHERE ATMOSPHERE MATTERS AS MUCH AS THE MENU
EAT + DRINK
Chez Margaux
Lacquered reds, intimate lighting, and wonderfully eccentric antiques create the seductive ease of a European supper club assembled over time.
Clemente Bar
Carved walnut, deep burgundy, hand-worked details, and monumental art turn a cocktail bar into an immersive study in color and craftsmanship.
La Mercerie
Pale woods, powdery blues, and artisanal tableware create an airy French interior whose romance comes from proportion and restraint.
Manuela
Industrial SoHo architecture becomes a lively framework for functional artworks, recycled materials, and unapologetic color - a dining room that invites conversation and discovery.
Wild Cherry
Checkerboard floors, limewashed walls, green banquettes, and a compact horseshoe bar give this hidden theater restaurant the charm of a beautifully restored film set.
Le Chene
Rustic textures, candlelight, and thoughtful simplicity evoke a French country house, offering quiet luxury without the visual performance.
Chez Fifi
Set within an Upper East Side townhouse, its layered rooms, collected furnishings, and softly polished finishes feel more like a gracious private home than a restaurant.
Gourmega
A monumental Nubian-alabaster table anchors this intimate dining experience, where architecture, ritual, and African diasporic references are inseparable from the meal.
PLACES THAT SHARPEN THE EYE
DESIGN + OBJECTS
Nickey Kehoe
California ease is given depth through honest materials, familiar silhouettes, and soulful objects that feel discovered rather than decorated.
Roman and Williams Guild
Old-world craft, sculptural furniture, and richly tactile materials are composed with a romantic sensibility that makes every object feel consequential.
The Future Perfect
Experimental contemporary design is presented in residential surroundings, allowing bold forms and exceptional fabrication to be experienced at a human scale.
Tiwa Select
Artist-made furniture and objects celebrate the irregular, the handmade, and the personal - pieces whose individuality can shift the character of an entire room.
Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery
Antiques, contemporary work, and artist-made objects are placed in poetic conversation, revealing how unexpected pairings can create atmosphere.
Love House
Sensuous silhouettes and materially rich contemporary pieces are edited with confidence, balancing refinement with a welcome degree of tension.
Nalata Nalata
Everyday objects are elevated through Japanese craft, natural materials, and purposeful simplicity - a reminder that utility can be deeply beautiful.
collected design
SOURCES FOR PIECES WITH HISTORY, PATINA, AND PRESENCE
Maison Gerard
Art Deco, twentieth-century design, and contemporary craft meet through a shared language of exquisite material and sculptural form.
Mantiques Modern
A cabinet of curiosities at room scale, filled with modernist sculpture, Deco barware, industrial artifacts, and vintage luxury objects that reward a closer look.
The End of History
Rare glass and ceramics are arranged by color with extraordinary precision, transforming a collection of objects into a luminous composition.
Tori Jones Studio
Alpine furniture, folk art, textiles, and found objects bring warmth and narrative, capturing the beauty of interiors that are slightly imperfect and deeply lived in.
Superhouse
Experimental American design - both historic and contemporary - is presented with the rigor of art and the curiosity of a collector.
Hostler Burrows
Nordic furniture, ceramics, and organic forms reveal a quieter kind of drama, shaped by handcraft, texture, and the natural world.
Donzella
Sculptural Italian and American design is selected for silhouette, provenance, and material presence, with particular strength in expressive lighting.
SPACES WHERE ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN CONVERGE
ART + GALLERIES
Galerie was
Contemporary art and collectible design are installed within a residential setting, demonstrating how a room can be composed around ideas as much as objects.
Salon 94
A historic townhouse becomes a vivid backdrop for contemporary art and design, where strong color, material experimentation, and architecture continually challenge one another.
101 Spring Street
Donald Judd's home and studio is an enduring lesson in permanence, proportion, and the deliberate relationship between art, furniture, and architecture.
The Noguchi Museum
Stone, sculpture, architecture, and landscape unfold with extraordinary calm, showing how space and light can be as expressive as the objects themselves.
Amant
Restrained architecture and shifting natural light frame experimental work without distraction, creating moments of stillness within the city.
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Collectible design is treated as functional sculpture, foregrounding technical invention, exceptional fabrication, and ambitious scale.
House of Santal
Contemporary South Asian design is viewed through traditional craft and material knowledge, offering a perspective that feels both culturally grounded and entirely new.
RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL POINT OF VIEW
FASHION
The Row
Architectural restraint, exacting proportions, and museum-quality furniture create an atmosphere of confidence in which nothing is excessive and every detail matters.
TOTEME
Swedish modernism is softened by texture, expressive furnishings, and moments of eccentricity, proving that minimalism need never feel anonymous.
Gabriela Hearst
Natural materials, artisanal detail, and a residential sense of comfort express a thoughtful vision of luxury rooted in longevity.
180 The Store
Independent fashion, books, art, and objects are brought together with downtown understatement, feeling more like a creative apartment than conventional retail.
Colbo
Fashion, music, food, and art coexist in a relaxed Lower East Side setting whose appeal lies in its cultural mix and lack of polish.
Desert Vintage
Archival fashion is presented with gallery-like restraint, allowing craftsmanship, silhouette, and the passage of time to become the focus.
Bode
Narrative, textile, and memory shape richly layered rooms that demonstrate how a retail interior can tell a story without becoming theatrical.
Bottega Veneta Maison
Three landmarked nineteenth-century townhouses are united through stone, bronze, brushed metal, and modernist art, balancing the presence of historic architecture with the precision of contemporary Italian design.