The facade remains. Inside, Neri&Hu with Milan-based De.Tales have reset the building with marble, terrazzo, walnut, and glass. Arches connect. The lobby bar, with its height, Steinway piano, and billiard table, centres on a counter where Andrea, the mixologist, builds a fine Alaska around local Rivo gin. Later, a perfect Gibson, requested on our first day, arrived unannounced on the second once the onions had landed.
