Best Place to Decompress Downtown

Photo: Hannah Herner

The strangers you meet on Broadway can be fun and lively — but even pre-COVID, they could also be total assholes. A night of spilled drinks and one too many streams of “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” can be turned around by 21c Museum Hotel, just a short trek up Second Avenue, far from the chaos. The best part is the Magis Spun Chairs that live inside a dark room of calming projected video art. Spin around in a chair that — unlike strangers at bars — will always support you, and feel your brain come back to equilibrium. (Before planning your own visit, be sure to check with 21c about current COVID-19 protocol.) HANNAH HERNER