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Luxury Travel: Four Seasons New York's $35,000 a night Ty Warner Penthouse
Thanks to Fox News for alerting us to this crazy luxury suite. Boasting world-class views of Manhattan from the Four Seasons New York's 52nd floor, the Ty Warner Penthouse is a superlative suite, no matter what way you cut it. Going for a whopping $35,000 a night, the 4,300 square foot suite is a nine-room monstrosity that takes over the entire top floor of the hotel.A collaboration between owner Ty Warner, designer Peter Marino and architect I.M. Pei, who came out of retirement just for this project, the hotel features cantilevered glass balconies and floor-to-ceiling bay windows, set beneath 25-foot cathedral ceilings and a private elevator entrance.
From the $60,000 Hastens Vividus mattress (hand made in Sweden) to the 22 carat pure gold bed canopy, you're surely sleeping in luxury - if you'll even want to shut your eyes for a moment.
Gallery: Ty Warner Penthouse Suite
Amenities are as impressive as the rooms themselves: TVs programmed for every channel worldwide, unlimited global telephone calling, the services of both a personal butler and a personal trainer/therapist, and a private chauffeur for unlimited travel during your stay in your choice of a Rolls Royce Phantom or a Mercedes Maybach.
You'll also get access to every service the hotel provides - including dining, drinks, spa treatments and more, included with the price of your stay. Yes, we said everything. Bring. On. The. Dom. And Caviar, while you're at it.
The room holds three, so get ready for a party.
Additional suite highlights include:
- Cream colored walls inlaid with mother of pearl in the living and dining rooms.
- A dramatic 4-foot-high (1.2-metre-high) cut-glass chandelier by Deborah Thomas and the bronze table by designer François-Xavier LaLanne. Seating is grouped around a marble fireplace, and four French doors open to glass railings.
- The library is illuminated by a LaLanne chandelier in gilded bronze. The extensive book collection is set in bookcases framed with an elaborate bronze vine-and-leaf motif, again by LaLanne. The library is also furnished with a chess table and a Bösendorfer grand piano.
- Four French doors reveal a view of Central Park that is almost surreal in its perfection.
- An indoor-outdoor Zen garden with a green bowenite waterfall overlooks downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.
- The breakfast room is furnished with a LaLanne tree table and opens to its own large balcony 700 feet (213 metres) above Central Park.
- The Penthouse also features a private spa room with a serene screen of living bamboo.
- Adjacent to the spa room is an oversized dressing room clad entirely in leather.
- With its ceiling, walls and floor gleaming with onyx, the master bathroom includes another outdoor balcony overlooking Central Park. Among the pampering features are an infinity-edge bathtub complete with chromatherapy, a separate glass-enclosed rain shower, radiant-heated floors, and sinks carved from a solid block of rock crystal.
Filed under: Hotels and Accommodations, Luxury Travel
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sharon Mar 17th 2011 9:02PM
$35,000 a night? Whatever? Only an idiot would pay that or an idiot with no regard for money...
Dorothy Brown Mar 17th 2011 9:48PM
I personaly feel , that is someone has the opportunity to stay in a suite that provides a dream accommidations and comfort, they should thank God for having that opportunity in their life to experiance it.My personal dream is what that would be for myself. If it was my choice it would be on a tropical island. my other choice would be in the keys.The state of Florida keys.
Ellen Mar 17th 2011 10:28PM
This outrageous extravagance is precisely what is causing so much discontent and anger in America. The world is spinning out of control, and there are actually human beings on this planet who will pay for this indulgence?? The wealthy had better stop advertising their grotesque squandering of resources -- many empires have fallen for far less inequity among the masses. When 400 individuals in the U.S. have wealth equal to 50% of the population(155 million people!), that is a scenario worthy of the French and Russian revolutions. The widening gap between the top 1% and everyone else is a recipe for disaster.
ickymcpooh Mar 17th 2011 11:51PM
Im not rich but even if i was I could not spend 35gs on a room for the night .I feel too bad for other people.When 35gs could feed a tribe for life in 3rd world countrys.It could send a kid to collage for a year.You could buy a homeless family a house.Gosh no I would make a bad rich person cuz I would always be middle class cuz I would want to help too many people out.
QuitBlTCHING Mar 18th 2011 3:01AM
Look at all the stupid, self-centered comments here from people who have no money so you complain about those who actually earned it. What someone does with his or her own money is his or own her own business, nobody elses. Period. Sure, America has a widening gap between rich and poor, so what? What about all the hard-working individuals who started middle class or lower class and earned their fortunes, they cannot indulge themselves? Sure, many Americans are privileged and got their fortunes by way of connections but they are usually "business" fraternity/sorority types and this sector of America is diminishing (not growing) relative to the emerging superpowers like China. Instead of b*tchlng about not having money, why don't you complainers here earn your money like everyone else. Another point to keep in mind is that the mega-rich who are worth millions are already paying a much higher % of their income on Federal/State Taxes which trickles back to public wealth through public schools, government-funded programs, healthcare, etc. (Progressive Tax Rates). Just my .02.
youranidiot Mar 18th 2011 4:00AM
you say quit bitching but you are bitching about the high taxes that MILLIONAIRES have to pay,it means nothing to them,shut up and take the stick out of your a$$
cq198128 Mar 18th 2011 4:11AM
Most of the people that can afford this type of room,for 35,000$ a night are millionaires that do not know what the meaning of WORK is,i work 50 hours a week and am middle class,i work my a$$ off to support a family.and to the poeple like ''quit bitching''you obviously have no clue of what the dollar means to most of us hard working people.it's sad to see that people would actually spend this kind of money on a room for one night.disgusting