The Urban Oasis
THE NEWBURY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
This new hotel occupies what was one of the first American properties for the Ritz-Carlton chain, built in high-neoclassical style in 1927 with knockout views of the Public Garden from its privileged perch on the corner of Newbury and Arlington Streets. Thanks to a two-year top-to-bottom refurbishment and renovation by an interior-design dream team, the newly christened Newbury Boston makes a 21st-century statement: almost 300 rooms and 90 suites by Alexandra Champalimaud (all plush and muted-hued) plus public spaces remastered by Jeffrey Beers, including a book-filled lounge with volumes selected by the Boston Public Library. The