There's also a classy street-level cafe that gets lively at night, marble bathrooms, and a roof terrace with Jacuzzi.
The location, on classy George Street, is as handy as staying on Princes Street but an awful lot prettier.
Instead they were perfect for someone who was giving off a classy but street aesthetic.
She had been renting an apartment at 2 Sutton Place, not far from 36 Sutton Place (at 55th Street), the classy digs in "How to Marry a Millionaire," in which she played the myopic, diamond-seeking Pola.
With the in-house experts having ruled in favor of Obama once again, the personalities on-air became solemn and bemoaned the defeat of the "classy" and "not Wall Street person" Romney, while images of celebratory Obama fans danced alongside them.
"Forty-fourth Street is much classier than 45th," said John Lehodey, president of Accor North America.
The Everleigh (1/150-156 Gertrude Street; theeverleigh.com) is a classy, second-floor cocktail bar with vintage chandeliers and candles illuminating the leather booths and polished wood-paneled bar.
As well as the hotel, the surrounding streets have been turned into a classy shopping enclave that has already attracted Jimmy Choo and Marc Jacobs.
In addition to the familiar and classy Georgetown and Dupont Circle areas, more recently gentrified neighborhoods include Adams Morgan, U Street and the so-called Penn Quarter.
A classy take on the retro diner, Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro (243 11th Street; 503-325-1787; astoriacoffeehasse.com) has black vinyl booths, robin's egg blue walls and pressed tin accents.
