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The Mark Hotel
New York City, New York, United States · Independent · Grand Luxury
Schwartz & Gross opened this Madison Avenue Renaissance Revival house in 1927 as the Hyde Park Hotel. Jacques Grange's Mark Penthouse spans more than 10,000 square feet with a 2,500-square-foot terrace and is billed as the largest hotel suite in the United States; Meghan Markle's baby shower was held there in 2019. Vogue calls the lobby the unofficial Met Gala red carpet.
- 150 rooms
- Opened 1927
- Neighborhood: Upper East Side
- Rooms from 400 sq ft (37 m²)
- Architect: Schwartz & Gross; Jacques Grange
- Interiors: Jacques Grange
About The Mark Hotel
- Opened in September 1927 as the Hyde Park Hotel; sold at a Depression foreclosure auction in 1936 for $550,000.
- Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias bought the building from Mandarin Oriental in 2006 and reopened Grange-designed interiors in 2009.
- The Mark Penthouse on floors 16–17 exceeds 10,000 square feet with five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a 2,500-square-foot terrace over Central Park and the Met.
- Jacques Grange commissioned furnishings from artists including Karl Lagerfeld, Ron Arad, and Vladimir Kagan for the collection.
- Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Paris caviar house Caviar Kaspia both operate restaurants inside the hotel.
History
The building at 25 East 77th Street, on the corner of Madison Avenue, was designed by the firm of Schwartz and Gross in the Renaissance Revival style and opened in September 1927 as the Hyde Park Hotel — an apartment hotel conceived for the affluent residents of Manhattan's Upper East Side during the last extravagant years before the Depression. Schwartz and Gross were among the most prolific apartment architects of early twentieth-century New York, and the building they produced was characteristic of their best work: seventeen stories of warm brick and limestone with decorative Renaissance details, a formal street presence calibrated to the particular formality of the Upper East Side, and floor plans generous enough to accommodate the full domestic life of wealthy families.
The Depression struck the building hard. In 1936 it was sold at foreclosure auction for $550,000, a fraction of its construction cost. It changed hands again in 1966, purchased by the real estate partnership of Sol Goldman and Alex DiLorenzo. In 1984 a group of investors led by E. William Judson acquired the property, renovated it, and renamed it the Madison Avenue Hotel. Four years later, in 1988, the Rafael Group converted it into a boutique hotel and renamed it The Mark. Further renovations followed in 1990. In 2000 the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group absorbed the Rafael Group and operated the property under its portfolio.
The building's decisive transformation came in 2006, when Izak Senbahar of the Alexico Group and his partner Simon Elias purchased it from Mandarin Oriental and commissioned French interior designer Jacques Grange to reimagine every inch of the interior. Construction ran from April 2007 to August 2009, with Sciame Construction as manager: the historic Renaissance Revival facade was meticulously restored, brick re-pointed, limestone cleaned, and glazing replaced with modern windows designed to preserve the building's historic appearance. Inside, Grange introduced a signature black-and-white marble lobby, custom furniture co-designed with Pierre Passebon, a bespoke hotel fragrance created with Frédéric Malle, and room appointments — solid oak floors, intricate ceiling moldings, marble bathrooms with nickel accessories — that combined Jazz Age grandeur with mid-century French restraint.
In 2015 Grange unveiled the Mark Penthouse, occupying the sixteenth and seventeenth floors: at 10,000 square feet with a 2,500-square-foot rooftop terrace, it is the largest hotel penthouse suite in the United States. Jean-Georges Vongerichten opened his restaurant in the ground-floor space, and the hotel quickly established itself as the default address for the New York social elite attending the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art one block east. The Mark has been ranked number one hotel in New York by Travel and Leisure and appeared in the World's 50 Best Hotels at number 43 in 2025 — the only Manhattan hotel in that ranking. The MICHELIN Guide awarded it Two Keys.
The setting
The Mark Hotel at 25 East 77th Street occupies a 1927 building on Madison Avenue — one of New York's most rarefied residential and cultural addresses, lined with the galleries, couture boutiques, and private clubs of the Upper East Side. Central Park is three minutes on foot and the Metropolitan Museum of Art seven minutes, situating The Mark in the heart of Museum Mile. The Guggenheim is sixteen minutes' walk north, and Madison Avenue's concentration of art galleries and designer flagships between 60th and 80th Streets makes this neighborhood the city's most coveted address for cultural travelers who prefer the quieter register of uptown luxury.
Restaurants and bars
- Jean Georges — Restaurant · Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten
- Caviar Kaspia — Restaurant · Caviar / Parisian
- The Mark Clam Bar — Restaurant · Seafood
- The Mark Restaurant — Restaurant
Experiences
- The Mark Sailboat — Private charters and sunset sails on the 70-foot Herreshoff sailboat, which can host up to 25 guests.
- Caviar Kaspia at The Mark — Parisian caviar restaurant located at the hotel, designed by Jacques Grange and seating up to 60.
- Private helicopter transfers and penthouse packages — Penthouse experience including private helicopter transfers, booked around the 2026 World Cup final.
Amenities
- Spa
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
- World's 50 Best Hotels (2025)
- Condé Nast Traveler Gold List (2023)
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