This summer, when I visited New York, we stayed in the Sister City hotel in Bowery. I loved the aesthetic of this hotel, as it presented clean lines, a minimal design scheme,  beautiful oak wood accents and had the overall feel of upper-scale New York. It seemed to borrow from Japanese and Scandinavian stylistic influences from the natural woods and open floor plans. .

This four star, 200 room hotel was located perfectly from many significant areas such as “Little Italy”, “Chinatown” and the Brooklyn Bridge,  all of which we visited too.  I think that was apart of the venue’s appeal. “Designed by creative agency Atelier Ace—that’s the folk behind the game-changing Ace Hotel…Check-in via self-service kiosks that generate room keys; scan the day’s weather with a 24-hour rooftop sky camera; make requests via an intuitive digital interface; and enjoy a first-of-its-kind generative ‘Lobby Score’ by Julianna Barwick, using Microsoft’s AI technology to create an immersive soundtrack informed by the changing environment as seen by the sky camera. Mindful design, artful technology and seamless functionality combine to make every aspect of a stay at Sister City as seamless as can be. ” (Davidson, 2019).

We were not aware of these technological features when we arrived, other than the self-serve check in, but learning about them and then realizing that we did experience these things was neat.