High above Madison Avenue, The Towers at Lotte New York Palace occupies floors 41 to 55 of a modern skyscraper set behind Stanford White’s 1882 Villard Houses. A private lobby, dedicated reception and butler service distinguish the hotel-within-a-hotel, while spacious rooms use pale woods, tailored textiles and black marble bathrooms beneath broad Manhattan views. Rarities serves rare spirits in an intimate salon, and the Gold Room restores one of the original mansion interiors with gilded detail. Below, the landmark courtyard frames the contrast between brownstone, carved stone and glass.