A new downtown nest

The Jay, Fidi

GETAWAYS • Staycation

Old school San Franciscans remember 433 Clay Street as the Park Hyatt, or later, Le Méridien. Now, the brutalist hotel has reopened as The Jay, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, after the company spent millions in an effort to revive downtown’s luxury lodging scene.

It just might work. The years-long renovation by design firm …