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The Lucerne Hotel
New York City, New York, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
Watch The Lucerne at different hours and its 1904 facade seems to change from rose to clay to violet, the effect of Harry B. Mulliken's plum terra cotta and variegated red-purple brick. Central Realty Company commissioned it as a family and apartment hotel, and the broad corner at West 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue still belongs to the Upper West Side. Nice Matin's sidewalk tables now bring a little Provence to the Amsterdam Avenue entrance.
- Opened 1904
- Neighborhood: Upper West Side
- Architect: Harry B. Mulliken
About The Lucerne Hotel
- Look above the entrances for gargoyles with horns, handlebar mustaches, and leafy sideburns, wonderfully strange faces amid the Beaux-Arts ornament.
- The Amateur Astronomers Association kept its headquarters on the hotel's tenth floor during the 1950s.
- A 1999 and 2000 restoration replaced a missing cornice on the Amsterdam Avenue facade and renewed the colored terra cotta.
History
Central Realty Company commissioned Harry B. Mulliken of Mulliken & Moeller to design The Lucerne, completed in 1904 as a family and apartment hotel. A turn-of-the-millennium restoration repaired its cornice and revived the unusual colored terra cotta.
The setting
The Lucerne anchors the northwest corner of West 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side, near the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, and Riverside Park.
Experiences
- Penthouse Terrace receptions and team-building — Outdoor terrace attached to the Salon, used for receptions, team-building activities and photo opportunities, with views of the Manhattan skyline.
Amenities
- Built-in AV technology
- Wi-Fi
- Flexible seating
- Projectors and drop-down screens
- Surround sound
- Blackout shades
- Retractable skylight
- Penthouse Terrace with Manhattan skyline views
- Wall-mounted monitor in Boardroom
- Technical support
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
- AV system
- Event planning for cocktail parties, small seated dinners and family events
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