Tag Archive for: Morris Lapidus

Terry Trucco

The Sheraton New York’s 50-Year Club and Throws a Party

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Celebratory butter cream with chocolate filling.

Not many guests check into hotels long term unless you count inventor Nikola Tesla, who lived for a decade at The New Yorker, or Cole Porter, who stayed for years at the Waldorf (the hotel lent him a grand piano). Read more

Terry Trucco

Celebrating the Sheraton New York Hotel’s 50th Birthday with Vintage Black-and-White Photos

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Here’s a snapshot of New York, ca 1962: John F. Kennedy is POTUS.  The Cuban Missile Crisis revs up the Cold War. The first James Bond movie makes a splashy debut. The average annual income is $5,556.

And the Americana Hotel opens in a gleaming 51-story concrete tower designed by Morris Lapidus. Read more