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The Hyatt Grand Central New York is a hotel located at 109 East 42nd Street, adjoining Grand Central Terminal, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.It operated as the 2,000-room Commodore Hotel between 1919 and 1976, before hotel chain Hyatt and real estate developer Donald Trump converted the hotel to the 1,400-room Grand Hyatt New York between 1978 and 1980.
Striking waiters at headquarters, May 31, 1912. In 1912 the IWW had been very successful in its organizing, and created the Hotel Workers' International Union. [1] Before the IWW became involved in the 1912 New York City waiters' strike, the only union in place for hotel workers was the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, which had about 2,000 members, most of ...
This is an incomplete list of former hotels in Manhattan, New York City. Former hotels in Manhattan. The Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1860. 995 Fifth Avenue; Albemarle Hotel;
(old) Hotel Majestic (1894–1929) 1894 c. 1929 [12] not confuse with The Majestic (New York City) Hotel Chesterfield: 1920s 1960s [13] Hotel Iroquois: 1889 1940 [14] not confuse with The Iroquois New York: Astor House: 1836 1913–1926 corner of Broadway and Vesey Street Dauphin Hotel: 1929 1958 west block front of Broadway between 66th Street ...
The City Hotel (1794–1849) stood at 123 Broadway, [1] occupying the whole block bounded by Cedar, Temple, and Thames Streets, in today's Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. It was the first functioning hotel in the United States. [2]: 25,caption Until the early 1840s it was the city's principal site for prestigious social ...
The Astor House was a luxury hotel in New York City. Located on the corner of Broadway and Vesey Street in what is now the Civic Center and Tribeca neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, it opened in 1836 and soon became the best-known hotel in America. Part of it was demolished in 1913; the rest was demolished in 1926.
The Pierre is a luxury hotel located at 2 East 61st Street, at the intersection of that street with Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City, facing Central Park. Designed by Schultze & Weaver, the hotel opened in 1930 with 100+ employees, now with over a thousand. In 2005, the hotel was acquired by Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces of India.
The Berkshire Hotel was purchased in 1959 by the Knott Hotels Corporation. [11] Knott subsequently built a 15-story, 158-room addition. [16] In 1977, the hotel was acquired by Dunfey Hotels, a subsidiary of Aer Lingus, [17] for $9.7 million, becoming the first hotel in New York City to be run by that chain. [18]