A First Look Inside NYC’s Forthcoming PUBLIC Hotel

Ian Schrager guides people through his highly anticipated new LES high-rise

Hotelier Ian Schrager is a busy man. In December, we bore witness to the opening of his magnificent EDITION Hotel Sanya in the South China Sea. Today, we have news from one of the most anticipated hospitality additions to NYC in a long while. The PUBLIC Hotel will open its doors in the Lower East Side in under a month. There’s already a laundry list …

The Sanya EDITION Hotel

Ian Schrager's latest luxury resort, on a tropical island off the south of China

After allowing the magnitude of its open-air lobby to set in, one’s first takeaway from the brand new Sanya EDITION Hotel is its scent profile. Even in the sea breeze, guests will notice something familiar. For anyone who has been to an EDITION Hotel in Miami, London or New York, it’s a variation on the exact same fragrance one finds there—though mixed with the local …