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Once The Tallest
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New York, the city of great heights. Let's admire some buildings that were at one time the tallest!
Sherry-Netherland
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Completed in 1927, the Sherry-Netherland took the title from the Ritz Tower Hotel as the "the tallest apartment building in the world... \[with] 125 apartments."(The New York Times) The 560 foot high, 40-story luxury tower featured full-floor apartments above the 24th floor. As recounted in The New York Times on the opening day, the tower offered sweeping views, terraces, luxurious detail, two restaurants, and maid service without extra charge. An advertisement in the Times announcing the opening of the building read “it is more than a place to live; it is a way of living”. (The New York Times, 1923)
Central Park South Siestas: the Hotels of the Rich and Famous
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When the Vanderbilts, Astors, and Rockefellers moved uptown, the hotels quickly followed. The gravitational shift of New York's social scene meant that prestigious hotels like the Waldorf-Astoria were no longer in the thick of it. However, developers are never too far behind a trend and soon some of the world's most luxurious hotels sprouted next to the mansions of Fifth Avenue.
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59th Street entrance to Central Park, the Millionaires' Club, the Hotel Netherland, and the Savoy Hotel, New York City, 1894.
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New Netherlands, 59th Street.
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New Netherlands, 59th Street.
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New Netherlands, 59th Street.
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Manhattan: Hotel Netherland, northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, undated (ca. 1905).
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Street Scenes, 1905, Fifth Ave. 59th to 60th Sts. from West 59th St. Seven laborers are working with shovels and picks on 5th Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets. Several buildings can be seen in the background; wagons and pedestrians can be seen behind the workers.
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Hotel Netherlands, 59th Street & Fifth Avenue.
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Street Scenes, 1905, Fifth Ave. - 59th to 60th Sts. The statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman on horseback being led by a winged figure of Nike. Past this can be seen several buildings on 5th Avenue, including the Netherland Hotel and the Van Norden Trust Company. Several horse-drawn carriages are waiting in front of the Netherland.
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5th Ave. and 59th St., New York, N.Y. Primary subject: Netherland and Savoy
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\[East Side of Fifth Ave. from 60th to 59th Sts.]
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781 Fifth Avenue. Sherry Netherland Hotel. Interior
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781 Fifth Avenue. Sherry Netherland Hotel. Interior
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781 Fifth Avenue. Sherry Netherland Hotel. Interior, bathroom
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781 Fifth Avenue. Sherry Netherland Hotel. Interior, bathroom
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East Side of Fifth Ave. from 60 to 59 Sts. The east blockfront of 5th Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets.
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Sherry-Netherland & Savoy-Plaza Hotels
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59th Street and 5th Avenue. Hotel Sherry Netherland and Savoy Plaza.
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Sherry-Netherland Hotel & Savoy-Plaza
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5th Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets. Sherry-Netherland and Savoy Plaza Hotels.
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Plaza Buildings from Central Park View of the Sherry Netherland Hotel, the Savoy-Plaza Hotel and the Plaza Hotel from Central Park.
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\[Central Park at night] View facing east from the south part of Central Park across the pond towards 5th Avenue. The Sherry Netherland Hotel is visible.
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Plaza Buildings from Central Park View of the Sherry Netherland Hotel and the Savoy-Plaza Hotel from Central Park.
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\[Central Park and 5th Ave. at 59th St.] View from Central Park over the pond towards 5th Avenue at 59th Street. Snow is on the ground and the pond is partially frozen. The Sherry Netherland Hotel, Savoy-Plaza Hotel, Squibb Building and Plaza Hotel are all visible.
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New York City views. Skaters near 59th Street. View of Central Park West buildings seen over frozen lake in Central Park. With ice skaters.
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New York City views. Plaza buildings from bridge. View of Fifth Avenue/ 59th Street buildings seen over frozen pond in Central Park.
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New York City views. Plaza buildings reflected in second lake. View of Fifth Avenue buildings seen over frozen pond in Central Park.
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New York City views. Plaza buildings bridge in foreground. View of 59th Street buildings seen over snow in Central Park.
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The Perimeter of Central Park.; Creative Assignment
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Manhattan: 59th Street (West) - 5th Avenue Central Park South, east from and including Seventh to Fifth Aves. Shown in the foreground and in the order of their appearance, are the N.Y. Athletic Club (No. 130-, Essex House (Nos. 170-1604, Hampshire House (No. 150) Centre Ass'n (No. 120) Navarro (No. 112), Barbizon Plaza (No. 106-100), St. Moritn (No. 56) and the Sherry Netherland Hotel (N.E. corner of 59th Street and Fifth Ave). Central Park forms the north side of this street, which technically should be West 59th Street. 1936\. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Writers Project.
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Central Park Plaza; Changing New York Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. The Grand Army Plaza with the Pulitzer Memorial Fountain and several hotels in the background (from left to right): the Hotel Pierre, the Sherry Netherland and the Savoy-Plaza.
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\[Looking north from the Plaza Hotel toward The Sherry-Netherland and The Pierre.]
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Hotels Netherland & Savoy, N.Y.
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Fifth Avenue Hotels from Central Park, New York City Primary subject: Netherlands Savoy Plaza Hotels Secondary subject: Gapstow Bridge
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The Sherry Netherlands, Savoy Plaza from Central Park Lake. New York City Primary subject: South East Corner of Central Park Secondary subject: Sherry Netherland and Savoy Plaza in Skyline
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Empire Room Hotel Netherland
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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 57th Street Looking southeast from Central Park : The Sherry Netherland Hotel Savoy Plaza Plaza Hotel P82S4 O F8R0R8, ReS8gF \~1EO S Nco.' 241SE
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Sherry-Netherlands and Savoy-Plaza Hotels, New York City
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Sherry Netherland & Savoy Plaza Hotels, Central Park, N. Y. C.
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Winter in Central Park, N.Y.C.
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The Plaza Group, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Ninth Street, New York
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Fifth Avenue at 59th Street, from Central Park, New York City Primary subject: Netherlands Savoy Plaza Hotels Secondary subject: Pond
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Hotels: "The Netherland" "The Savoy" New York.
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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 59th Street Central Park, Miscellaneous: A set of 2 views showing a demonstration of foresters safety equipment in the southeastern corner of the Park. Buildings shown(from left to right) at Fifth Ave. and 59th Street are the Sherry Netherland, the Savoy-Plaza, the Squibb Building and the Plaza Hotel. About 1930. A. L. Schussler.
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Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 58th Street. Hotel Sherry Netherland (Center), Hotel Savoy Plaza (right) Angle from 58th Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Federal ArtProject "Changing New York' Berenice Abbott, photographer Neg. No. 209 \[Note: negative at Museum of the City ofNew York] Code I A-4 March 2, 1937
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New Netherland and Hotel Savoy New Netherland and Hotel Savoy. \[handwritten on recto] Street view of two large, high rise buildings in Manhattan. Scrapbook page from "Views of New York City, Brooklyn and other places. Vol. 2." by Eugene Armbruster.
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Fifth Avenue Hotels and Buildings Near Plaza in Central Park, New York City Primary subject: Netherlands Savoy Plaza Hotels Secondary subject: Gapstow Bridge
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Hotels Netherland and Savoy 59th St. & 5th Ave., New York
783 Fifth Avenue
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Hotel Netherland, New York
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Fifth Avenue Hotels from Central Park, New York City Primary subject: Netherlands Savoy Plaza Hotels Secondary subject: Gapstow Bridge
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