Andaz 5th Avenue

What the classifiers highlight

A couple of blocks from Grand Central, this Tony Chi-designed hotel faces the New York Public Library and Bryant Park across Fifth Avenue. Forbes highlights the 184 rooms, 54 of them suites with private balconies, and a lobby-level mini library where guests sip a complimentary glass of wine. An outdoor mural changes every three months under the hotel's artist-in-residence program.