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- Zines & Beans: 1938
- ... The buildings have since been torn down. A Doubletree hotel sits in its place. Don't know if the restaurant serves oyster stew or ... a few blocks south of 1610 Capitol Ave (Now the Doubletree Hotel and First National Bank) lies a great seafood joint called appropriately ...
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2017 - 4:07pm -
- Pittsburgh: 1941
- ... be built. The church is still there, although now it's a hotel.
Pressley Street The previous comment is correct. ...
Posted by Dave - 01/17/2023 - 2:46pm -
- Riggs House: 1910
- ... House formerly, 15th and G Sts. N.W." The 19th-century hotel was soon demolished to make way for a much larger office building . ...
Posted by Dave - 07/15/2017 - 12:15pm -
- Gotham: 1931
- ... Building, lived a couple blocks away at the Barbizon Hotel when it was a residence for single women, and my first job was in the ... Most of the area along the river between the Beekman Hotel (tall building in mid-foreground) and the first set of tall smokestacks ...
Posted by Dave - 07/13/2013 - 6:19pm -
- Summit Street: 1909
- ... Loan Co.
302 Severcool & Co.
302–10 Niagara Hotel
302 Earl P. Severcool
302 Duket & Askam
304 Nirdlinger ... them on the street:
Harry Barnett, bell boy, Niagara Hotel, rooms same
Jay Black, bell boy, Niagara Hotel
Fred Goldner, engineer, Niagara Hotel, rooms same
Mark O. Hankins, ...
Posted by Dave - 08/09/2012 - 3:18pm -
- The Knickerbocker: 1909
- New York, 1909. "Knickerbocker Hotel, Broadway & 42nd Street." Decked out for the Hudson-Fulton ...
The building is still there, but no longer a hotel. Built by John Jacob Astor as a showcase of luxury in a time of economic prosperity in the city, the hotel was destined to close its doors only 15 years later due to changes in ...
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:36pm -
- Saratoga Springs: 1904
- Saratoga Springs, New York, 1904. "United States Hotel, Broadway at Division Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... exists and still open. Not only that, but it's still a hotel (albeit under a different name).
[Um, no. The United States Hotel ...
Posted by Dave - 08/21/2022 - 3:52pm -
- The Oriental: 1903
- The Oriental Hotel, at the eastern end of the Coney Island peninsula, opened in 1880 and was demolished in 1916.
1903. "Oriental Hotel and boardwalk, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York." Panorama of two 8x10 ...
Posted by Dave - 04/03/2014 - 11:57am -
- Victorian Vines: 1910
- ... demolished to make way for the construction of the Statler Hotel 101 years ago (July 2, 1913). "Former Gov. John Judson Bagley acquired ... Feb. 6, 1915, "had private baths (a first for a Detroit hotel), in-room telephones and cold running water in every room. It also was ...
Posted by Dave - 03/25/2014 - 12:34pm -
- Avenging Angels: 1943
- ... all over the world, Sorensen stayed up all night in his hotel room sketching out the layout that would become the Willow Run plant ...
Posted by Dave - 12/07/2021 - 1:11pm -
- Greatest Show on Earth: 1904
- 1904. "Hotel Lincoln, Pittsburg." Let's turn our attention to those Barnum & ...
Penn and Fifth The old city directories show the Hotel Lincoln at Penn Avenue and Fifth Street. ("Rooms without bath, $1.50 ... $3 double.") Sometime around 1910 the name was changed to Hotel Chatham. Seems to have been demolished around 1960.
Its corner of ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 8:48pm -
- The Sitting Room: 1905
- Circa 1905. "Parlor, Kaaterskill Hotel, Catskill Mountains, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... in a comfortable rocker.
Wikipedia Oddly enough, Hotel Kaaterskill doesn't have a Wikipedia page, even though it was a seemingly ... too comfy.
Massive Kaaterskill In its prime, the Hotel Kaaterskill was largest mountain hotel in the world. It could accommodate ...
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 1:30pm -
- Duluth: 1905
- ... Plan! It's so cool to see this outdated term on a hotel sign.
Floating Seems like the photographer must be situated ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2012 - 7:04pm -
- Great Southern: 1906
- Gulfport, Mississippi, circa 1906. "Great Southern Hotel." Built 1902-03; demolished in 1951. Panorama of three 8x10 glass ... masts just barely visible on the opposite side of the hotel.
[Possibly some of these out in the harbor, from a shot made around ...
Posted by Dave - 08/03/2012 - 10:19am -
- The Clifton: 1910
- Niagara Falls, new York, circa 1910. "Clifton Hotel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View ... signs in the window say.
[Clifton's first name is Hotel. - Dave]
Ye Gods... couldn't have been more obvious!
A photo ...
Posted by Dave - 07/14/2011 - 10:08am -
- Devine's Place: 1905
- ... the elaborate chimney flu on the building next to the hotel was determined to not let one tiny bit of rain or snow get down into the ... Boarding House, Zenith Lodging and the Sven (?) Hotel. And they all look a little rough around the edges. I imagine these ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2012 - 6:57pm -
- The Summit: 1961
- Sept. 18, 1961. New York. "Summit Hotel, 51st Street and Lexington Avenue. Exterior from northwest. Morris ... the suburbs, maybe. But it's supposed to be a very good hotel.
Still looks groovy! View Larger Map
Still ... extant.
Carpe Diem! I like the way the Beverly Hotel (which I assume is the building next door) hits potential customers in ...
Posted by Dave - 02/28/2013 - 1:55pm -
- New Denechaud: 1908
- New Orleans circa 1908. "New Hotel Denechaud, Poydras Street." A century later, it's the hotel Le Pavillon. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.
... in the corner nearest the camera.
It's a very nice hotel with a unique touch. Every night at 11, they serve to the guests peanut ...
Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 4:24pm -
- Anytown, USA
- ...
Durham, NC Durham, NC Chapel Hill Street. The Durham hotel is at the site of the Center Theatre, but maintains some of the same ... Carolina Looking northeast from the Washington Duke Hotel, 1940 - East Chapel Hill St. is in the foreground. Tobacco warehouses ...
Posted by Dave - 02/20/2018 - 9:36pm -
- Confederate Veterans: 1917
- ... a dense gray mass from early morning until late at night. Hotel lobbies were crowded to the doors. Public parks, the Capitol, government ...
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 9:00pm -
- Eureka Vacuum: 1912
- ... block of buildings on the left south of the Pontchartrain Hotel are still standing.
Re What were they thinking? "When this is ...
Posted by Dave - 08/04/2021 - 3:43pm -
- Atlantic House: 1907
- "The 175 room hotel burned to the ground during a blizzard on January 7, 1927."
... what that same spot looked like in 2010. I prefer the old hotel.
Before the Fire The photo below, from the Library of Congress, ...
Posted by Dave - 10/08/2016 - 7:06pm -
- Market Street: 1957
- ... to have succumbed in the past few years.
The Federal Hotel is now the Alda Hotel, and the green Alda Hotel sign is an obvious re-purposing of the ...
Posted by Rute Boye - 08/19/2012 - 6:19pm -
- Changing Chicago: 1910
- Chicago circa 1910. "Madison Street, Hotel Brevoort & La Salle Opera House." The fad for automobiles seems to be ... Madison the same year.
One Block Farther West The Hotel Brevoort was at 120 West Madison Street, between La Salle and Clark, so ...
Posted by Dave - 05/06/2023 - 3:01pm -
- The Smoking Dog: 1927
- ...
Great shoes though.
Get a job! The Mayflower Hotel in Washington announced that William Jeffries Chewning Jr., young bank ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 11:53pm -
- Aqua and Orange: 1967
- ... something idiotic it was YOUR fault...not the fault of the hotel for providing entertainment and counting on you to use it responsibly. ... a Tiki bar.
The Hojo shut down years ago. Half the hotel including the pool and the orange check-in office was torn down. A ...
Posted by davisayer - 09/08/2008 - 12:40am -
- Eagle Fruit Store: 1942
- Eagle Fruit Store and Capital Hotel at 10th and P, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1942. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by ... seems to be 10th and P. In the back you can see the Hotel Capital, which is still there, at the top left of the satellite photo ... P Street. Bottom left corner of the satellite aerial. The hotel was probably "Hotel Capitol" and not "Capital" since Lincoln is the ...
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 4:01pm -
- Broad Street: 1905
- ... is a flag -- it says Bellevue, for the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. The "North" sign is on the tower to the right, atop the North American ... it. - Dave]
RE: Tall Building w/ Spires The Hotel Walton. Photos of the lobby are also tremendous.
+108 Below is ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 8:22pm -
- That Toddlin Town: 1900
- ...
Billiards & beds Where would you stay: The Hotel Midland with rooms for 50¢, 75¢ and $1, or, the Calumet with rooms for ... you could win enough for the (assumed) better rooms at the Hotel Midland. If you're losing at pool, save enough for a stay in the Calumet. ...
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2012 - 5:55am -
- Churches of Chicago: 1942
- ... We're looking east towards Holy Name Cathedral. The hotel and building just east of it are still standing at 62 W. Huron Street.
... to Heaven inside)
Hard Hat Area I'd give the Hotel with the turrets a wide berth! The one farthest from the camera looks ...
Posted by Dave - 01/27/2023 - 1:49pm -