Summer is its own beast for hospitality in New York City. The mischievous weather reinforces a constant zigzag between bone-chilled air-conditioned interiors and the damp-but-vibrant outdoors, all while bars and restaurants are handed down to tourists. In this climate, hotels justifiably seek ways to standout, and unsurprisingly, smartly quirky design promises the visual dazzle.
The Standard High Line responds to the season’s breezy needs with the blue-washed outdoor Soda Shop. Perched right beneath the iconoclastic elevated park, the 1950s-inspired retro fitting offers hotel and outside guests the pillars of a typical diner menu, decked with essentials such as tuna melt and banana split, in the Ennead Architects-designed hotel’s public plaza. New York-based studio Bednark oversaw the design for the on-point visuals after their collaboration last winter for a food and beverage installation in the spirit of British countryside cottages.
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Words: Osman Can Yerebakan
Photography: Courtesy of Bednark
