Midtown Manhattan, New York

Hotel Elysee

The Hotel Elysee has been on East 54th Street since 1926 and spent most of the twentieth century as the preferred New York address for artists and writers who needed somewhere specific: Tennessee Williams kept a suite here for years, Marlon Brando stayed, Tallulah Bankhead was a notorious regular. The Monkey Bar downstairs has Charlie Studin's 1944 murals to show for all of it. The hotel is currently undergoing for a full renovation and reopens Fall 2026.