Paramount Hotel
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The Paramount Hotel is a hotel in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb, the hotel is at 235 West 46th Street, between Eighth Avenue and Broadway. The Paramount Hotel is owned by RFR Realty and contains 597 rooms. The hotel building, designed in a Renaissance style, is a New York City designated landmark.
Detail of the mezzanine (bottom) and the second-story windows (top). The upper portion of each arch contains a tripartite iron frame. The second-story windows, above the arches, are rectangular sash windows surrounded by eared moldings. There are marble panels between each set of second-story windows.
Facade of the Paramount Hotel above the 11th story. At the 12th-story setback, there is a terracotta balustrade in front of the eight center bays. There are further setbacks at the 14th, 16th, and 18th stories. Parts of the facade are separated vertically by iron railings and metal security grates.
Lobby of the Paramount Hotel
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
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The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, formerly the Biltmore Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 261 West 47th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1925, it was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in the neo-Renaissance style and was constructed for Irwin Chanin. It has 650 seats across two levels and is operated by the Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC). The auditorium interior is a New York City landmark, and the theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since 2008, the theater has been named for Broadway publicist Samuel J. Friedman, whose family was a major donor to MTC.
The facade as seen from across 47th Street
A crowd in front of the theater for Triple-A Plowed Under (1935)
Entrance