The 11-story, 157-room hotel looks, in a word, beautiful. From a source of gloom, it has become a beacon. It’s brick facades and limestone ornamentation, including a sculpture of Moses Cleaveland who stands in a niche overlooking the intersection of Carnegie Avenue and E. 107th Street, glow after a thorough cleaning. The renovation involved an extensive energy upgrade in which the coal-fired boilers and radiators were replaced with a high-efficiency, variable-speed heating and cooling system. The design also re-used most of the existing electrical conduit in the building. The result: a renovation that left the building looking unmarked by the years, as if it were suddenly 1931 again (minus the Depression, of course).
