The public rooms were largely on the lower floors and included a ground-level lobby, a restaurant called the Cafe Rouge, and a ballroom level. The hotel originally had 2,200 guestrooms, which started at the fifth story.

2023年3月7日 · In 1995, the hotel’s grand ballroom was converted into a television studio. The space was leased by Image Group, which spent $6 million on construction and equipment.

2023年8月29日 · The edifice’s heralded ballroom was where the master propagandist Edward Louis Bernays gave a speech for merchants unveiling his grand plans for the 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair; arguably...

2023年3月7日 · The Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan isn't just any old structure. With 2,200 rooms, shops, restaurants, its own newspaper, and a phone number, it was once the world's largest hotel. However, nothing could save it in the end

2021年5月16日 · Staying at Hotel Pennsylvania. While there was music ingrained within Hotel Pennsylvania, there was of course music across the street at Madison Square Garden, making the location prime for crowds arriving for concerts and events, while looking for the easiest location to stumble back to afterwards.

2021年8月20日 · In fact, the Hotel Pennsylvania played a very small role in the eventual elimination of color barriers in Midtown venues. But this story has nothing to do with the Café Rouge, the legendary Big Band ballroom which hosted major artists and popular radio broadcasts.

2023年12月29日 · Demolition crews carried away the last of the century-old hotel in late summer, leaving a void across from Pennsylvania Station that reflects either progress or shortsightedness. Its planned...

2023年11月7日 · But the Hotel Pennsylvania would have another claim to fame during the Swing Era. Its restaurants and ballrooms — particularly the Café Rouge — would feature some of the greatest names of the Big Band Era. Glenn Miller played the Cafe Rouge many times at the height of his orchestra’s fame.

2011年11月15日 · Unfortunately it also has a link to the hotels website where you can view the incredibly sterile one story lobby (notice the same mosaic/geometric floor pattern as pictured in the older photo of the two story lobby) and the bare bones ballroom/conference room area located on the upper floors, totally stripped and devoid of any original ...

The Hotel Pennsylvania is located at 401 Seventh Avenue, between 32nd and 33rd streets, across the street from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan. It opened on January 25, 1919, as the world’s largest hotel, with 2,200 rooms, each with a …