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NYC, Times Square, Hotel Astor, 1915-20

Hotel Astor was located in the Times Square area of Manhattan, in operation from 1904-67. The 35,000 square feet Hotel Astor was built in two stages, in 1905 and 1909-10, by the architects Clinton and Russell. Upon completion, the structure occupied an entire city block at a reported total cost of $7 million. Within its restrained exterior, the Astor featured a long list of elaborately themed ballrooms and exotic restaurants. The rooftop garden, with bandstand and observatory, was one of a number constructed in the city between 1880 and Prohibition. The Astor was an important element in the growth of Times Square and its character as an entertainment center. The Astor set the pattern for "a new species of popular hotels that soon clustered around Times Square, vast amusement palaces that catered to crowds with scenographic interiors that mirrored the theatricality of the Great White Way." It closed and was demolished in 1967. Photographed by Bain News Service, 1915-20.
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NYC, Times Square, Hotel Astor, 1915-20
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Hotel Astor was located in the Times Square area of Manhattan, in operation from 1904-67. The 35,000 square feet Hotel Astor was built in two stages, in 1905 and 1909-10, by the architects Clinton and Russell. Upon completion, the structure occupied an entire city block at a reported total cost of $7 million. Within its restrained exterior, the Astor featured a long list of elaborately themed ballrooms and exotic restaurants. The rooftop garden, with bandstand and observatory, was one of a number constructed in the city between 1880 and Prohibition. The Astor was an important element in the growth of Times Square and its character as an entertainment center. The Astor set the pattern for "a new species of popular hotels that soon clustered around Times Square, vast amusement palaces that catered to crowds with scenographic interiors that mirrored the theatricality of the Great White Way." It closed and was demolished in 1967. Photographed by Bain News Service, 1915-20.
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4800 x 3269 px | 44.9 MB
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40.6 x 27.7 cm | 16.0 x 10.9 in (300 dpi)
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