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Jimmy at the James hotel
(Photo: Courtesy of the James New York) |
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The James, 15 Thompson St., at Grand St.; 212-465-2000
The glassed-walled den in the eighteenth-floor penthouse of Soho’s new James hotel falls down in some areas. The cocktails are unjustifiably expensive (average: $18) and sloppily mixed, and the service can be indifferent. But you can’t fault the view: 360 degrees of rolling downtown topography, with sightlines stretching from the Empire State Building to the Hudson to the gradually multiplying floors of the future 1 World Trade Center. Even the women’s bathroom offers a view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.