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Americana Hotel: 1962

Oct. 1, 1962. "Americana Hotel, 52nd Street and Seventh Avenue, New York City. Entrance section from left. Loew's Hotels, client. Morris Lapidus, Harle & Liebman, architects." We saw the coffee shop a few weeks ago. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

Oct. 1, 1962. "Americana Hotel, 52nd Street and Seventh Avenue, New York City. Entrance section from left. Loew's Hotels, client. Morris Lapidus, Harle & Liebman, architects." We saw the coffee shop a few weeks ago. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

 

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Destruction of the center of Jazz

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First Visit to New York

My family and I stayed at the Americana on my first visit to New York -- Spring Break (from First Grade) 1965. The purpose of the trip was to go to the 1964-1965 World's Fair. The thing that impressed me most was that the bathroom in our room had a telephone next to the toilet.

It's now the Sheraton

And seems to have been retro-fied.

A Sunday out

And across the street, the great House of Chan, one of the wondrous luxe Cantonese restaurants in the city--all thick carpets, moon gates, mahogany, soft lighting and softer table cloths, and classic dishes under cloches. A must at least one Sunday a year for our Brooklyn family, usually after a major new movie matinee (Ben-Hur!) at the Criterion Theater.

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