"The 70-year-old hotel at 35 East has long been a palace of secrets, well before it became the New York White House for President , who made it a fulcrum of world, and possibly other, affairs. It is the grand residence where , discreetly stayed whenever she visited New York, and it is the establishment where last ate breakfast before his plane crashed. … In the annals of urbanity, the opulent Carlyle is perhaps best known to non-10021ers for the presence of , the high-end saloon singer who has served up and at the Cafe Carlyle since 1968."