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The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel is a 501 ft (153 m), 51-story hotel located near Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It faces 7th Avenue, 52nd Street, and 53rd Street. It is one of the world's 100 tallest hotels, and one of the tallest hotels in New York City. The hotel was opened in 1962 as the Americana of New York.
[48] [b] By August 1960, the hotel was known as the Americana East, as the "Americana" name was being used for another project on Seventh Avenue (now the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel). [ 53 ] [ 54 ] To avoid confusion with the hotel on Seventh Avenue, the Lexington Avenue hotel was renamed the Summit in November 1960.
Americana Amusement Park, a former name of the defunct LeSourdesville Lake Amusement Park in Monroe, Ohio; Americana at Brand, an outdoor mall in Glendale, California; Americana Hotel, a former name of the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City, New York; Americana Manhasset, a shopping center in Manhasset, New York
The hotel was developed by Hilton Hotels Corporation, Rockefeller Center Incorporated, and the Uris Buildings Corporation.The original architect, Morris Lapidus, proposed to build a curved Fontainebleau Hotel-style building; however, he had to withdraw since he was also designing the competing Americana of New York hotel a block away. [6]
By late 1980, the sale had been completed, and the property was rebranded as the Royal Americana Hotel, with a New York theme. [14] A $3.5 million renovation [15] increased the room count to 300. [16] By 1982 though, the hotel was experiencing substantial losses, and Horn & Hardart decided to close it. [15]
The Ansonia Hotel on Broadway at the intersection with Amsterdam Avenue (image from 1905) This is an incomplete list of former hotels in Manhattan , New York City . Former hotels in Manhattan
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Hotel Total Rooms New York Marriott Marquis: 1,966 New York Hilton Midtown: 1,929 Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel: 1,780 Hyatt Grand Central New York: 1,298 Row NYC: 1,331 New Yorker Hotel: 1,083 Park Central Hotel: 935 The New York Palace Hotel: 909 Edison Hotel: 900 The Westin New York at Times Square: 873 Crowne Plaza Times Square: 795