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Upon first entering the Salisbury Hotel, we were impressed by the arched motif in the lobby. "It's like you're walking into a church," we wrote in our note pad. Well, it turns out that we weren't so far off the mark. This 200-room hotel is actually owned and operated by the church next door! During the early 20th Century, the Calvary Baptist Church built a 17-story hotel above its sanctuary. Non-religious folk needn't worry, however. There are no religion-based rules at the Salisbury.
Many decades later, the rooms remain largely un-renovated and somewhat tired with floral bedspreads and run-of-the-mill hotel furnishings. They certainly aren't fancy, but we consider this to be a pardonable sin. After all, if the Salisbury underwent an overhaul, you wouldn't be able to score a room in this location at this low a rate.
Rooms, you see, are relatively inexpensive, especially so given their prime location in the heart of West 57th Street and across from Carnegie Hall. | 
