Sparkling chandeliers, Victorian art, lavish food and drink, and the finest textiles in the city: These are the sights one would have seen upon entering the Pfister Hotel at the turn of the 20th century...

In recent years Downtown and Park East have received a rash of proposals for boutique hotels. Despite this zeal from the business community, you’d be forgiven for asking what exactly a boutique hotel is. It’s a term coined in the ’80s to distinguish chain hotels from more intimately sized luxury establishments, often...