Olympic Tower

The fam needed a restroom after mass. They have that. They also have AC, wifi and chairs. In a city that taxes air this is refreshing.

Try the view from the 48^th floor. It doesn’t disappoint.

Great place to relax and listen to free music. The musician on Friday is really good I recommend checking out.

It can be really hard to find a place to cool your heels in this city, especially when the weather’s not your side. It’s like NYC is conspiring to empty my wallet and fill my belly by convincing me that downtime can only be spent in a café. However! Thanks to a handy app that lists all the quiet public spaces in the city, I was led to this beautiful public atrium in the Olympic Tower. Surrounded by literally two other people in a vast space, I did a little studying and reading while sitting next to a two– or possibly three-​story indoor waterfall. My table was a little wobbly, and the pea-​pod sculptures hanging near the waterfall kind of freaked me out, but: the place was tidy, no one tried to talk to me, and there were public bathrooms. WHAT. Hard to believe I was steps away from Rockefeller Center. Thanks for your hidden, clean public spaces, midtown!

Awesome space to sit down, hang out, listen to elevator music, people watch, read, study, rest. Especially good when walking up and down 5^th Ave and need to relax those feet, a huge plus in the wintertime when the wind’s blowing you into tourists and such.
There’s a café around there (The Atrium) and office in upstairs, but as a public space, it’s open till 10pm. And has bathrooms. Which smell nasty.