Today's little assignment was to take a stroll through NYC's famed Central Park, but more importantly to visit some of the best lodging and hotels in the area. The first one I visited was the Dakota Hotel, located at the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West. The views of this hotel are literally picture perfect. Some may remember this hotel as the former resident of none other than John Lennon. The structure is built around a courtyard and has a 19th Century French decor. This is one beautiful hotel and class is an understatementThe next great hotel near Central Park is the Astor on the Park Hotel located at 465 Central Park West New York City. This hotel sports 7 floors with 112 rooms. The hotel is not heavily rated by a lot of online rating sites, but for the per night room rates, especially in NYC, the Astor on the Park Hotel New York is a great value. Let's not forget what this big blue ape feels about value. You'll be happy to find clean, crisp, no frill rooms and if you decide to stay here you'll be in walking distance to, of course, Central Park across the street, several museums, and in case you are interested in visiting someone at Columbia, you'll be very close.
Tomorrow, we'll take a look at a few more hotels in the area and I'll give my reviews of where I went to lunch. Where that will be is still up in the air. If anyone has any ideas, just post them here.
The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is a co-op apartmeraent building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The building is most widely known as the location of the murder of musician John Lennon. The architectural firm of Henry Janeway Hardenbergh was commissioned to create the design for Edward
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