Overview

Living in the shadow of the Carlyle hotel (quite literally during the a.m. hours), the Mark hotel is a Madison Avenue institution, although not one that would immediately come to mind when drawing up a lists of landmarks.

The hotel was designed by Shwartz & Gross, early 20th-century architects who had a major hand in the Central Park West skyline—which, as it happens, can be seen from top floors of the Mark. (The top floors of the Mark are, in fact, the only ones for sale, but more on that below). (more…)