Hotel Pennsylvania
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The Hotel Pennsylvania was a hotel at 401 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, across from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden in New York City. Opened in 1919, it was once the largest hotel in the world. It remained the fourth largest in New York City until it closed permanently on April 1, 2020. After years of unsuccessful preservation battles, it was demolished in 2023. The hotel is to be replaced by 15 Penn Plaza, a 68-story tower.
Hotel Pennsylvania entrance in 2011
Exterior of Hotel Pennsylvania
General view of the exterior of Hotel Pennsylvania
Statler Hotels
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The Statler Hotel company was one of the United States' early chains of hotels catering to traveling businessmen and tourists. It was founded by Ellsworth Milton Statler in Buffalo, New York.
Statler City, Buffalo, New York.
Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis, MO the original Statler Hotel is the back half of the building now.
Image: DINNER (held by) STATLER'S HOTEL (at) "BUFFALO, NY" (HOTEL) (NYPL Hades 276910 469305)
Image: Inside Inn Hotel on the grounds of the 1904 World's Fair