If you don't know about Campbell Apartment you really should. Its a great place to take visitors to NYC. The bar and jazz club was actually the real life apartment to John W. Campbell. The apartment is situated in Grand Central Station and he chose this apartment because he found it to be " the biggest single room in New York".
"When he rented it, back in 1923, it was a bare barracks of a room, thirty feet wide by sixty feet long, and with a ceiling twenty five feet high." He covered the floor with one large Persian rug, hung paintings on the wall and installed a pipe organ and a piano. He used this space as his office, a museum of his paintings that were considered of high collection, and a place to entertain his friends and family at night. While entertaining he would have famous musicians come and play for all to hear.
Now the apartment is a bar, dressed in 1920's swagger with a jazz band that plays. They have a great cocktail list (I recommend the punch) and cute banquet seating. The light fixtures have tassels hanging down and when sitting across from someone on the banquet you can rest your rear in a plush oversize chair.
Here is a pictures of the apartment when Mr. Campbell owned the place:
Here is the Campbell Apartment now:
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