look better naked
february 2011
Anderson Cooper, Nate Berkus, and this reporter can’t all be wrong. The David Barton Gym rocks. And it’s not just the Kiss and T. Rex tracks the Dis spin at the latest New York location while the three of us are working out. separately. At 37.000 square feet of smoky mirror and amber lighting, this gym stands out in a city where health clubs often resemble health clinics. “So many other gyms are about fluorescents and Clorox,” Interior Design Hall of Fame member Willlam Sofield says. Yes, he lifts here, too. Of his five David Barton Gyms in New York, Miami Beach, Chicago, and Seattle, this one was alwavs destined to be the most personal. He’s lived in the neighborhood for decades, and Studio Sofield is based here.