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- The Pontch: 1910
- The Hotel Pontchartrain in Detroit, seen earlier today around 1907 in this post ... Detroit, Seattle, Pearl Harbor My father worked at this hotel. Detroit was at one time a beautiful city, a safe place to go downtown ... neighborhoods. The burlesk shows were to the right of the hotel. Detroit's main street, U.S. 10, started at the Detroit River and ended ...
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 9:42pm -
- Knickerbocker Trust: 1904
- ... " Knickerbocker Trust Building and Waldorf-Astoria Hotel , Fifth Avenue at W. 34th Street." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit ... something else there now The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was torn down in 1929 in order to erect the Empire State Building. Is the ...
Posted by Dave - 01/24/2024 - 1:59pm -
- The Willard: 1922
- Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Willard Hotel, 14th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue." National Photo Company Collection ... adjoining neighbor in the 1921 photograph, the Occidental Hotel, is long gone (as are the streetcars). However, the Occidental's famed ...
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:30pm -
- Hop In, Honey: 19xx
- ... in its decrepit state in 1958 portrayed the "McKittrick Hotel" in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo . Then a year later it was torn down. ...
Posted by Dave - 04/12/2015 - 9:25pm -
- Russell House: 1900
- ... and Cadillac Square." Razed in 1905 to make way for the Hotel Pontchartrain. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
... site. Here's the timeline:
1836 - 1857: National Hotel
1857 - 1905: Russell House (pictured)
1907 - 1920!: Hotel ...
Posted by Dave - 01/05/2021 - 4:14pm -
- Cat Park: 1958
- ... pic today, but an approximation that shows The New Yorker Hotel, 225 West 34th Street on the right (now known as 14 Penn Plaza) and the ... in the background. That, along with the New Yorker Hotel, places this at the current location of the One Penn Plaza building, ...
Posted by Dave - 11/18/2021 - 1:43pm -
- The Tuller: 1914
- Detroit, Michigan, circa 1914. "Hotel Tuller, Grand Circus Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit ... streets of Detroit, sporting the name of a locally famous hotel that may be familiar to regular Shorpy followers.
Re: Quick Lunch ...
Posted by Dave - 08/09/2012 - 10:39pm -
- Palm Court Cafe: 1903
- New York circa 1903. " Hotel Gregorian -- Palm Court Cafe." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... Quarter-Full. I followed the link to read about the Hotel Gregorian, and learned that the building still stands, now serving as a ... peeks through.
Ladies’ Room In 1903, did NYC hotel cafes have restrooms for their patrons?
Call the maître d' ...
Posted by Dave - 04/15/2020 - 3:55pm -
- Lucky Ducks: 1927
- ... of the circle. It's now the site of the Dupont Plaza Hotel, formerly known as Jurys Washington Hotel. Links: photo of the mansion exterior · blog post about the ...
Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 4:25pm -
- Times Square: 1943
- ... The building on the right has been replaced by the W Hotel and the Marriott has replaced the building just south of that. This is ... on the Times Tower on the south end. Notice that the Astor Hotel is on the left, or west, side of the Square. The Astor Theater was a ...
Posted by Dave - 08/01/2012 - 1:35pm -
- Expert Truss Fitting: 1900
- ... point after the horrific fire that destroyed the Richmond Hotel, which stood on the same site until 1887.
Mirror Writing? The ... all of the surrounding buildings, including the Iroquois Hotel, have all vanished.
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No heritage ...
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2012 - 12:35pm -
- Baron's Cocktails: 1958
- ... it. The net's pretty remarkable. I found out that the Manx Hotel is now the Villa Florence, then used Google Maps/Street View to get a ... that was left of the O'Farrell-Jones-Hyde Street line?
Hotel Manx I stayed at the Hotel Manx for one night with a college friend in ...
Posted by Rute Boye - 07/22/2012 - 2:36pm -
- Regatta Day: 1908
- ... New York, circa 1908. "Regatta Day at Fort William Henry Hotel." Some fried chicken and lemonade would hit the spot right about now. ... View full size.
Great location Beautiful hotel and I bet this lake has some deep places because of the surrounding hills ...
Posted by Dave - 07/20/2012 - 7:17pm -
- Drugstore Noir: 1940
- ... brick facade underneath!
It's the Claire Hotel building Yes, this is Santa Fe, New Mexico. If you want to see a good ...
Posted by Dave - 01/04/2014 - 6:09pm -
- Springfield: 1905
- ... Street and Main. Next to it is the Phoenix Block, with the Hotel Worthy (look for the awnings on upper floors) at the far end of the ... picture below it on the same page of the booklet, labeled "Hotel Worthy and Busy Main Street looking South on East Side" shows the ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 8:23pm -
- The Alvin: 1905
- ... center. The imposing stone structure next to it is a hotel, the Renaissance. There's still a theater next to the hotel now, the Byham, a small, ornately decorated venue with frescoes on the ...
Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 7:11pm -
- Bar Car: 1955
- ... I would travel with his family, he wold pull it out in the hotel room and make himself a martini or two (or three). It had all the ...
Posted by Dave - 09/14/2023 - 3:46pm -
- First National: 1921
- ... The building that replaced the enormous but short-lived Hotel Pontchartrain , a favorite subject of the Detroit Publishing Co. along ... correct. Below is a detail from a circa 1918 photo of the Hotel Pontchartrain showing an Altes Lager sign that was across the square from ...
Posted by Dave - 05/19/2017 - 3:44pm -
- Mardi Gras: 1900
- ... overhead wires down the center). Plus, there's a St. James Hotel on Magazine St. just off of Canal St. nowadays. But I can't say for sure. ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2012 - 5:01pm -
- Death Star: 1902
- ... was completed in 1897. The two were soon operated as one hotel, but it's apparently possible to separate them back into two distinct ... Astor Court) that separated it from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. All of this became part of the site of the Empire State Building.
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Posted by Dave - 06/25/2023 - 12:40pm -
- Heart of Chicago: 1901
- ...
You can also see the original version of the Morrison Hotel , which eventually was expanded to 40 stories. The building was razed in ...
Posted by Dave - 07/20/2012 - 3:37pm -
- The Palace: 1906
- "Palace Hotel, New Montgomery Street." San Francisco in the aftermath of the earthquake ... away even the plaster from the brick walls inside the hotel. The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum hosts an excellent online presentation of Palace Hotel photos and commentaries.
Here's an 1895 photo of the hotel's ...
Posted by Dave - 08/21/2012 - 10:52am -
- Pabst Over Chicago: 1943
- ... sure about the Playboy Towers.... might that be the Drake Hotel?
33 to 1? Blended 33 to 1? That sounds like a strange formula to ... and converted to condominiums. It sits between the Drake Hotel and John Hancock Tower at the end of the Magnificent Mile. The Drake is ...
Posted by Dave - 05/07/2017 - 2:11pm -
- The Ormond: 1894
- ... 1894. "The Ormond." At its peak, Henry Flagler's Hotel Ormond was reputed to be the largest wooden structure in the United ... a link to a great site that has numerous pictures of the Hotel Ormond in 1992 before it was demolished.
http://www.historic-structures.com/fl/ormond_beach/ormond_hotel.php
Why it didn't burn Look through the pictures that ...
Posted by Dave - 04/10/2019 - 1:18pm -
- Little Falls: 1941
- ... County Trust building (Adirondack Bank) and the former Hotel Snyder and tavern (Happen Inn).
Looks good to me. No, you have the ...
Posted by Dave - 12/05/2023 - 3:42pm -
- Dave: 1953
- ... University) made it a popular place.
The Shamrock Hotel , opened in 1949 by wildcatter Glen McCarthy and used by Edna Ferber as the model for the hotel Conquistador in her novel Giant, was about a mile away.
Tree growth ...
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2013 - 6:12pm -
- Cunningham Drugs: 1942
- ... Street seems to be a good main drag downtown to put hotel on. St James Hotel counters my reasoning but you can’t have everything.
At the far ...
Posted by Dave - 03/23/2021 - 5:37pm -
- The Cordova: 1891
- Florida circa 1891. "Cordova Hotel, St. Augustine." 8x10 dry-plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. ... size.
America with a few states less Beautiful hotel complete with fountains, gardens and a 44 star American flag.
Casa Monica Now the Casa Monica Hotel . Whose website has a nice history page .
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Posted by Dave - 08/13/2013 - 4:04pm -
- Grittyscape: 1900
- Circa 1900. "Colonial Hotel, Cleveland." Home to the Colonial Arcade . 8x10 inch dry plate glass ...
Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 11:10pm -
- Western Union: 1931
- ... the sending of a ceremonial last telegram.
Internet hotel During the late 80s I was the account executive for the electrical ...
Posted by Dave - 06/16/2013 - 8:39am -