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The Sherry-Netherland is a 38-story [1] apartment hotel located at 781 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 59th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by Schultze & Weaver with Buchman & Kahn. [4] The building is 560 ft (170.7 m) high and was the tallest apartment-hotel in New York City when it opened.
A 1917 menu for the Louis Sherry restaurant in the Hotel Netherland. Built in 1892-93 to a design by William H. Hume for William Waldorf Astor, its original lessee was Ferdinand P. Earle. [1] The structure was 234 feet (71 m) in height with 17 stories, making it the "tallest hotel structure in the world".
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The building was only the fourth major skyscraper to be developed on Fifth Avenue following World War II, after the Tishman Building at 666, the Canada House at 680, and the Corning Glass Building at 717 Fifth Avenue. [54] The replacement of the Savoy-Plaza with the General Motors Building spurred a movement to save other hotels nearby. [55]
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The original Savoy Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street opened in June 1892, following the opening of the neighboring Plaza Hotel in 1890. The original 12-story Savoy was designed by architect Ralph S. Townsend, for landowners including New York Supreme Court Justice P. Henry Dugro. [1]
456 Sesame Street: is a brownstone that houses the Day Care Center, operated by Angel and later Gina. The Furry Arms Hotel: is a Muppet hotel owned by Sherry Netherland, with her employees Humphrey, Ingrid, Benny Rabbit, Otis the Elephant Elevator Operator, and a Dinger. The Birdland Jazz Club: which featured live music hosted by Hoots the Owl.