Books & Board Games at The Bowery
Pick up a book or magazine at New York's Bowery Hotel, and you’ll feel the careful curation of co-owner Sean MacPherson. Surprised? We weren’t.
The master of cool details selects all of the vintage volumes and magazines himself, shopping up a storm at New York’s favorite used-book haunt, The Strand. Unlike other hotels, which rotate their libraries, the Bowery’s collection stays the same, and most of the books stick to a New York theme.
But as is becoming abundantly clear, MacPherson’s real passion is Hollywood. As the New York Times gushed earlier this year, MacPherson has quite the thing for movies like The Shining and A Clockwork Orange (both influences on the Bowery design). And while we’ve heard all about how The Jane’s ballroom references The Royal Tenenbaums, we’ve also learned that the Wes Anderson flick gets some mileage at The Bowery.
Those board games—including Operation, Risk, Clue and Sorry—available for guests to play with? MacPherson had a staff member watch the movie, locate the scene where you can see the Tenenbaum’s closet stuffed with games, then go out and purchase the exact same ones. So we have to wonder: does Sean MacPherson have a man-crush on Wes Anderson? Considering that the Jane's "micro-rooms" have always reminded us of another Anderson movie, The Darjeeling Limited, we say yes, indeedy.
At this rate, it’s only a matter of time before we see MacPherson’s name pop up in the set-design credits of a hot new indie film. Bonus: he’s already got the best location for the wrap party.
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