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The Living Room that made New York's best renovation worth it.
Rockwell's $100 million reimagining brought back the W brand's original New York flagship with something it never had the first time: a lobby worth staying in. The Living Room is the reason. Double-height, Grand Central-scaled, Devoción by morning and craft cocktails by night.
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