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Duke Ellington used the phrase “beyond category” as his highest compliment. It’s the brief we gave ourselves. Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in Washington, D.C. in 1899, and carried himself with such easy elegance as a boy that a friend crowned him “Duke.” He reached New York in 1923, and by 1927 his orchestra held […]
Duke Ellington used the phrase “beyond category” as his highest compliment. It’s the brief we gave ourselves.
Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in Washington, D.C. in 1899, and carried himself with such easy elegance as a boy that a friend crowned him “Duke.” He reached New York in 1923, and by 1927 his orchestra held the bandstand at the Cotton Club.
This hotel is built on the same refusal to be filed. It isn’t a business hotel with a bar attached, or a music venue that happens to have beds. It’s a house where the ballroom, the gallery, the record library, and the restaurant were drawn at the same time.
A modern classic, composed in luxury Where every stay finds its rhythm Beyond Category