Hotel Kenmore Hall
Hotel Kenmore Hall is a 22-story
From Lonely Hearts, published in 2010 by Marion Meade:[5] "Kenmore Hall, a pretty redbrick residence hotel not yet two years old, was home to hundreds of young professionals who booked by the week or month. Prized for its desirable address near Gramercy Park, its reasonable rates, and amenities such as a pool and roof garden, the place always had a waiting list for vacancies, sometimes a long one. Nat (Nathanael West) was supposed to remember guests' names, but he happened to know a great deal more, and not just gossip either. He knew exactly when they awoke and when they left for their offices, who got mail and from whom, what time they went to bed, and which ones couldn't sleep, because the bleary-eyed were known to shuffle down to the lobby and fret about it, as if he could do anything. There were friendly women who found pretexts for inviting him to their rooms. To all proposals he would beg off with an easy smile and a general refusal worded to give no offense. He took fewer pains with the prostitutes, alone or in pairs, who constantly tried to sneak past the desk on their way to the elevator. Hookers — and stolen bath towels — were his biggest aggravations."
The 600+ room Kenmore offered affordable hotel accommodations in mid-town Manhattan for more than 50 years.
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References
- ^ "SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com.
- ^ "Gramercy Park: An American Bloomsbury", Klein, Houghton Mifflin, 1987
- ^ a b Howe, Marvine (February 6, 1994). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: GRAMERCY PARK; The Kenmore: Crime Haven, but Also Home". The New York Times.
- ^ "Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: New York", Alizina Stone Dale, IUniverse, 2002
- ^ "Lonely Hearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney", Meade, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., 2010
- ^ Bragg, Rick (June 10, 1994). "Kenmore Hotel: The Place at the End of the Line". The New York Times.
- ^ Faison, Seth (June 9, 1994). "In Largest Drug-Takeover, U.S. Seizes New York City Hotel". The New York Times.
- ^ United States of America V Jude Hotel Corp.", U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Docket No. 95-6157
- ^ Van Natta, Don Jr. (July 10, 1999). "New Owners Plan to Bring New Life to the Blighted Kenmore Hotel". The New York Times.