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At The W

Staying at the W hasn’t been the best hotel experience ever — the Waldorf-Astoria will be hard to defeat with that title…then again they have more experience — but there are a lot of nice touches that make it feel upper crust. The swinging explosive doorman, Denzel, made our arrival seem like we were about to meet the Wizard. Daily lobby offerings of crisp fresh apples or oversized Bliss Spa towelettes make our departures and returns refreshing. In the evenings the lobby becomes a lounge and the bulk of the transformation is carried by a video installation that changes the interpretation of the overhead sculpture from peaceful meadow to an artsy frenetic dance motif.