Robert Lichtfield, AIA, of New York, NY, was called upon to design the renovation of the building. "The goal was to restore the exterior of the building to be close to the 1879 design," said Litchfield. "We kept to the design, but changed some of the colors."
The fourth floor exterior of the hotel was originally made up of gray slate. In order to keep close to the original appearance, 8,000 square feet of new slate replaced the old.