The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel

The Beekman sits at 123 Nassau Street, wedged between the Financial District and the civic sprawl of Lower Manhattan. The building’s aesthetic leans heavily into the industrial grit of the surrounding blocks, anchoring itself just a five-minute walk from the greenery of City Hall Park.

It is a better base for those who actually have business in the city than the glass-tower hotels cluttering the harborfront. While those waterfront properties rely on views of the river to justify their existence, The Beekman works because it is a ten-minute walk from the chaos of Wall Street and the 9/11 Memorial. It provides a dense, atmospheric quiet that is difficult to find elsewhere in the district, making it the right choice for anyone who prefers the architectural weight of the old city over the sterile uniformity of the modern high-rise hotels.