

All onlookers were suitably impressed.So what could give us a better perspective of this issue? Well, we definitely think that getting some game time on both apps should be a good way to compare and to prove that it really does show Warner’s Westworld app “blatantly ripping off” Fallout Shelter. When a patron entered the hotel in tears, he comforted her before running to get a box of tissues. Service is excellent, in fact 11Howard may have the best doorman in all of New York. You can fuel up on healthy snacks from the minibar in one of the 221 rooms before exploring the city on the electric Boosted skateboards the hotel lends out.

Bleached oak Scandinavian design is evident throughout (Danish company Space Copenhagen did the interiors) and a dramatic and somewhat sculptural steel spiral staircase leads to the bar and library.

Public art organisation Groundswell was commissioned to paint the giant mural on the hotel's external south wall. Owner, real estate magnate and art collector Aby Rosen is using his new hotel, a former post office, to show off some of his collection including an Alexander Calder mobile in the lobby and artworks by Hiroshi Sugimoto. Just north of Chinatown's Canal Street, 11Howard in SoHo fits right in with the abundance of design boutiques that line Howard Street. On this reviewer's visit, the team from David Jones were booking in to film their latest campaign up there. Most spectacular is the grand three-bedroom duplex, offering views of the city from terraces on either side. Apartment style rooms with hardwood floors feature a full kitchen with a wine cooler stocked with Vinkara wines, from the Marmara's own vineyard in Turkey. In the Wellness Centre there's a Turkish hamman (Marmara is an Istanbul-based hospitality group), and a lap pool. The feeling of warmth is immediate upon entry to the lobby of the Art Deco-era building, the eye is immediately drawn to the giant hanging fireplace next to a sculpture of floating birds. Think bespoke printed wallpaper, elegant vases and vignettes of colour-coded hardback books. Their aim is to offer a luxury New York apartment feel a home away from home, with pieces hand-chosen by acclaimed New York designer Joe Ginsberg. Don't expect to see furniture or art sourced from generic hotel warehouses at the new Marmara Park Avenue.
