Crosby Street Hotel is situated in the heart of SoHo between Prince, Spring and Lafayette Streets. It is an all-new construction. The interior has been designed by Kit Kemp, owner and Design Director for Firmdale Hotels. Kit Kemp, along with her husband Tim, owns the exclusive London townhouse hotel group Firmdale Hotels where over the past 20 years she has triumphed with one new interior after another. Most recently her exceptional work at the Haymarket Hotel resulted in her winning the Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year award and British House & Garden Hotel Designer of the Year. The interior of each hotel has been completely designed from scratch.
The Crosby Street Hotel was once a vacant lot occupied by a car park. At Crosby Street Hotel Kit has successfully taken her trademark quirky London style and transferred it across the Atlantic to New York City. She has carved out a sophisticated look which is evident in her unique use of colour and texture, antique with modern and world class collection of original art.
The ground floor is an airy space which blends wood, metal, glass and stone. Wide grey oak floorboards sit alongside soaring metal framed windows and doors which provide lots of natural light. The lobby is dominated by a dramatic 10 foot high Jaume Plensa steel sculpture of a human head created from letters of the alphabet. Wherever you look, Kit Kemp’s eclectic collection of modern art is evident - whether it be an interesting Peter Clark dog collage in the reception or mixed media pieces by Justine Smith and Jack Milroy. There are some impressive pieces by Anselm Keiffer and Calum Innes.
The hotel’s colourful drawing room is characterized by deep patchwork sofas, organic objects in wood and large oil paintings by artist Francois Bard. The ground floor interior is softened by a tranquil view looking out onto a spacious leafy garden which has a tall organic tree sculpture at its heart, and lanterns suspended from above.
