Hotel Edison
| Hotel Edison | |
|---|---|
 The hotel as seen from 515 Madison Avenue, 1933 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 228 West 47th Street |
| Town or city | Manhattan, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′35″N 73°59′10″W / 40.75968°N 73.98611°W |
| Opened | 1931 |
| Owner | Shimmie Horn Gerald Barad |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Herbert J. Krapp |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Hotel Edison is at 228 West
telephone exchange name CIrcle 6-5000. Herbert J. Krapp was the architect,[2] and Milton J. Kramer was the original owner. The hotel's ballroom was used as the Broadway theatres Arena Theatre in 1950 and as the Edison Theatre
from 1972 until 1991, when it was converted back into a ballroom.
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Tony Pastor performing at the Hotel Edison circa 1947, photographed by William P. Gottlieb
In the early 1950s, "Glorious" Gloria Parker and her orchestra hosted an evening broadcast on WOR from the Hotel Edison. Parker would open the show with the glass harp (or musical glasses) and feature the popular Latin sound on her marimba with her orchestra.
General Artists Corporation) and with the Coral division of Decca Records
.
The hallway walking scene preceding
Bullets over Broadway. Neil Simon's 2001 play 45 Seconds from Broadway is set in the hotel's cafe.[3] Michael Keaton is seen drinking at the hotel's bar, the Rum House, in the 2014 film Birdman.[4]
References
- ^ "New York's New Boutique Hotel Brand". Leaders. Vol. 37, no. 4. October 2014.
- ISBN 9780738572963. (includes prints of building)
- ^ Lefkovitz, David (August 16, 2001). "Stadlen n' Seldes Are 45 Seconds from Broadway When Simon Show Starts Oct. 16". Playbill.
- ^ Mason, Mark (November 7, 2017). "New York for people who already know New York". The Spectator. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017.
External links
Media related to Hotel Edison at Wikimedia Commons- Edison and Arena theatres at the Internet Broadway Database
- Official website
