Project Spotlight — Midtown Manhattan
Fifty-Fifth and Frameless: VIGO Checks Into The Shoreham Hotel
A block off Fifth Avenue and five minutes from Central Park, The Shoreham Hotel keeps its guest bathrooms bright, glassy and easy to love. VIGO supplied the frameless hinged shower doors and the stainless steel shower drains that make that look work — a New York bathroom brand, installed in a New York boutique classic.
Inside a Shoreham guest bathroom: white tile, a dark stone vanity, and a glass shower entry with polished chrome hardware — the bright, spa-like language the hotel is known for.
At a glance
VIGO supplied frameless hinged shower doors and Elan stainless steel shower drains for guest bathrooms at The Shoreham Hotel, a 135-room boutique hotel at 33 W 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan — one block from Fifth Avenue, steps from MoMA and a five-minute walk to Central Park.
The Property
A boutique classic, one block off Fifth
The Shoreham Hotel sits at 33 W 55th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues — the kind of address where the neighborhood amenities are the Museum of Modern Art, Fifth Avenue shopping and Central Park. The hotel calls its own look "So chic. So sleek. So NYC.", and the description holds up: 135 rooms and suites dressed in a contemporary sage-green and neutral palette, Belgian linens, and private bathrooms the hotel describes as spa-like.
Select rooms carry hydro-massage showers; suites step up to multi-head massage showers and soaking tubs, and the One Bedroom Suite With Terrace pairs its skyline view with an all-glass shower. Downstairs, White Olive serves Mediterranean small plates and cocktails. It is a compact, polished, quietly confident version of Midtown luxury — and the guest bathrooms are a load-bearing part of that impression.
Bathrooms in a hotel like this have to photograph bright, feel generous inside a New York footprint, and shrug off thousands of check-ins. That is the brief VIGO's glass and drainage hardware was brought in to meet.
33 W 55th Street. The Shoreham's marquee, one block from Fifth Avenue and five minutes from Central Park.
VIGO's hinged frameless line: a single pane of 5/16 in. tempered glass on discreet glass-mounted hinges.
01 — The Doors
Frameless, hinged, and out of the way
A hinged frameless door is the most architectural way to close a shower: one panel of thick tempered glass, swinging on hinges mounted straight to the glass, with no metal frame around it and no track underfoot. In a compact Midtown bathroom, that matters twice — the clear panel lets the whole room read as one bright space, and the swing entry feels genuinely generous in a footprint where every inch is negotiated.
VIGO's hinged frameless family is built to spec-grade dimensions. The Rochelle and Powell hinged frameless doors fit 47 1/4 to 48 3/4 in. openings at 74 in. tall, in 5/16 in. (8mm) clear tempered glass with chrome hardware — the same bright metal as the Shoreham's fittings. For other openings, the Pirouette frameless pivot door covers widths from 30 to 66 in. across three finishes.
- 5/16 in. (8mm) clear tempered glass
- Glass-mounted hinges, no frame
- 74 in. spec height
- No bottom track to clean
The Elan linear drain: stainless steel under a 7-layer finish, with a sloped channel that keeps water moving.
02 — The Drains
The detail underfoot
A frameless glass shower is only as good as its drainage. The open, low-threshold entries that make these bathrooms feel large depend on water leaving the floor quickly and quietly — which is exactly the job of VIGO's Elan shower drains. The linear models, in 24 in. and 36 in. lengths, sit flush along the wall or threshold so the shower floor can slope in a single clean plane; the 4 in. square drain covers classic center placement.
All three are stainless steel under a durable 7-layer finish, with an elegantly sloped channel and a slotted grate engineered to resist clogs — hardware that disappears into the design while doing hotel-duty work, in matte black, matte brushed gold, brushed nickel and chrome.
- 24 in. and 36 in. linear lengths
- 4 in. square option
- Stainless steel, 7-layer finish
- Four finishes, chrome included
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Rochelle Hinged Frameless Door
VG6081CHCL4874 · Chrome — 47 1/4 to 48 3/4 in. W x 74 in. H, 5/16 in. (8mm) clear tempered glass.
$799.90
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Powell Hinged Frameless Door
VG6082CHCL4874 · Chrome — 47 1/4 to 48 3/4 in. W x 74 in. H, 5/16 in. (8mm) clear tempered glass.
$799.90
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Pirouette Frameless Pivot Door
VG6042 — Pivoting frameless entry for 30 to 66 in. openings, in matte black, brushed nickel or chrome.
From $679.90
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Elan 24 in. Linear Drain
VG07002 — Sloped stainless channel, slotted grate, four finishes.
From $84.90
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Elan 36 in. Linear Drain
VG07003 — Full-width drainage for curbless and low-threshold showers.
From $99.90
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Elan Square Shower Drain
VG07004 — 4 in. square grate for classic center placement.
From $44.90
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Explore the rangeHinged Shower Doors
Swing-entry doors, framed and frameless, sized for real openings — including the Rochelle and Powell spec doors.
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Elan linear and square drains in stainless steel with a durable 7-layer finish, in four finishes.
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Hinged, pivot, sliding and fixed frameless glass — the open, architectural look hotels reach for.
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Questions, answered
What VIGO products are at The Shoreham Hotel?
VIGO supplied frameless hinged shower doors and Elan stainless steel shower drains for guest bathrooms at The Shoreham Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
Where is The Shoreham Hotel?
The Shoreham Hotel is at 33 W 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues — one block from Fifth Avenue shopping, steps from the Museum of Modern Art, and a five-minute walk to Central Park. It offers 135 rooms and suites across two towers.
What is a frameless hinged shower door?
A frameless hinged shower door is a single panel of thick tempered glass that swings on hinges mounted directly to the glass, with no metal frame and no bottom track. VIGO's Rochelle and Powell hinged frameless doors fit 47 1/4 to 48 3/4 in. openings at 74 in. tall with 5/16 in. (8mm) clear tempered glass.
What sizes do VIGO Elan shower drains come in?
The Elan line includes 24 in. and 36 in. linear shower drains and a 4 in. square drain, each in stainless steel with a 7-layer finish, in matte black, matte brushed gold, brushed nickel and chrome.
Can VIGO supply hotel and commercial projects?
Yes. VIGO offers spec-grade shower doors, shower systems, faucets and drainage suited to hotels and commercial projects, with coordinated finishes across categories for designers and architects.
Further reading
Bring the Midtown look home
The same glass-forward formula that keeps The Shoreham's bathrooms bright works at any scale: a hinged frameless door to open the room, and an Elan drain to keep the floor plane clean and quietly draining. One city block of polish, available for your own renovation.
