Fashion 26: New York City’s newest hotel

There's a new hotel on the block in Chelsea: Fashion 26 opened its doors last week, and this sleek Wyndham looks like it might emerge as a real competitor to the nearby Hotel Indigo. We got an early peek at the property yesterday morning (we like to give hotels a few months to settle in before we do our full undercover review), and it appears to have devoted resources to the right places: the contemporary, stylish lobby, the upscale burger restaurant, Rare Bar & Grill, compact rooms decked out with Frette linens, iPod docks, flat-screen TVs, and Ghilchrist & Soames toiletries, and a soon-to-open rooftop bar. Whether or not all the moving parts combine to make a seamlessly working whole remains to be seen (you'll have to wait for the full review), so for now, we'll have to let the photos speak for themselves. Check them out after the jump.