1929 HOTEL TRAVEL ST. REGIS NEW YORK ARCHITECTURE FIFTH AVENUE AD A-2719

Description: 1929 HOTEL TRAVEL ST. REGIS NEW YORK ARCHITECTURE FIFTH AVENUE AD A-2719ITEM SIZE CAN BE FOUND BY USING RULERS ALONG EDGE IN PHOTOAt ADVERTISING SHOP we look for rare & unusual ADVERTISING, COVERS + PRINTS of commercial graphics from throughout the world. DATE OF THIS **** ORIGINAL **** ADVERTISEMENT / ADVERT / AD : 1929ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THIS ITEM : The St. Regis New York is a historic luxury hotel at 2 East 55th Street, at the southeast corner with Fifth Avenue, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The hotel was originally developed by John Jacob Astor IV and was completed in 1904 to designs by Trowbridge & Livingston. An annex to the east was designed by Sloan & Robertson and completed in 1927. The hotel is operated by Marriott International and holds Forbes five-star and AAA five-diamond ratings. In addition, it is a New York City designated landmark. The 18-story hotel was designed in the Beaux-Arts style. The facade of the original hotel is made of limestone and is divided into three horizontal sections similar to the components of a column, namely a base, shaft, and capital. The St. Regis required a large amount of mechanical equipment, which was placed on three basement levels. When the St. Regis opened, the interior was extensively decorated in marble and bronze. The first floor contained a restaurant, café, palm court, and hotel office, while the second floor contained a banquet hall, ballroom, and private dining room. Astor began constructing the hotel in 1901 and named it after Upper St. Regis Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. The hotel opened on September 4, 1904, and quickly became known as an upscale hostelry. Rudolph Haan operated the hotel from its opening until 1926. Astor's son Vincent Astor sold the St. Regis in 1927 to Benjamin Newton Duke, who developed the annex. After an acrimonious dispute in 1934, Vincent Astor re-acquired the hotel the next year and continued to own it until his death in 1959. The hotel was sold several times in the early 1960s, and Cesar Balsa operated the hotel briefly before the St. Regis joined the Sheraton Hotels and Resorts chain in 1966. The St. Regis has been renovated several times over the years, and it became part of the Marriott chain in 2016. The Qatar Investment Authority bought the hotel building in 2019. Site The St. Regis New York is at 2 East 55th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue to the west and 55th Street to the north. The land lot is L-shaped and covers 22,544 sq ft (2,094.4 m2), with a frontage of 250 ft (76 m) on 55th Street and a depth of 100 ft (30 m).[2] Nearby sites include the University Club of New York to the southwest; The Peninsula New York hotel to the west; the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and 712 Fifth Avenue to the northwest; the 550 Madison Avenue to the northeast; 19 East 54th Street to the east; and 689 Fifth Avenue and the William H. Moore House to the south. When the St. Regis was announced in 1900, the "L"-shaped site measured 150 ft (46 m) wide on 55th Street to the north and 75 ft (23 m) wide on Fifth Avenue to the west. The eastern end of the site measured 100 ft (30 m) deep. The "L"-shaped site spanned 12,500 sq ft (1,160 m2), though the developers obtained an additional 7,500 sq ft (700 m2) by acquiring another site on 55th Street. Before the St. Regis Hotel was developed, there had been proposals to develop a clubhouse for the New York Republican Club on the site. The plot was expanded to 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2) in early 1927, with a frontage of 100 feet on Fifth Avenue and 250 feet on 55th Street. Architecture The 18-story French Beaux-Arts style hotel, the tallest in the city when completed in 1904, was designed by architects Trowbridge & Livingston, with interiors by Arnold Constable & Company. Trowbridge & Livingston's original structure occupies the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street. An eastward annex to the hotel on 55th Street was designed by Sloan & Robertson and completed in 1927. The Thompson–Starrett Company was the general contractor, and John H. Shipway & Bros. was responsible for the marble work. Facade The facade of the original hotel is made of limestone and is divided vertically into five bays on Fifth Avenue and ten bays on 55th Street. Similar to in other Beaux-Arts buildings, the facade is divided into three horizontal sections similar to the components of a column, namely a base, shaft, and capital. When the hotel was built in the early 1900s, New York City construction codes forbade developers from placing any decorative elements outside their property's lot line. Additionally, the hotel's developers wished to maximize the amount of interior space by placing the facade as close to the lot line as possible. The corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street is curved, similar to at 689 Fifth Avenue just to the south. Sloan and Robertson's annex on 55th Street, completed in 1927, is similarly divided into three horizontal sections. According to Architecture magazine, Trowbridge & Livingston had "a great deal of freedom in designing the ornament". The hotel's decorations were heavily inspired by natural forms, although the St. Regis's facade contains custom balusters, consoles, keystones, and other ornaments. The ornamentation is concentrated at selected locations throughout the facade; at the time of construction, the facade could only be seen from a distance or from immediately outside the hotel. The largest windows are placed on the lower stories, which contained the largest suites in the hotel. Most of the hotel's windows are of the same design, with two movable casements topped by a transom. The outermost bays contain more ornate windows, which consist of sidelights on either side of each casement, as well as curving brackets and ovals in each transom. ILLUSTRATOR/ARTIST: GREAT DECOR / ART FOR: HOME OFFICE BUSINESS SHOP STORE CASINO LOFT STUDIO GARAGE BEDROOM COLLECTION MOST ITEMS ARE VERY GOOD AND BETTER... THE ACTUAL CONDITION CAN BE SEE BY HOVERING OVER THE PHOTO FOR A CLOSEUP.WE SELL ONLY .... ORIGINAL .... ITEMS : 100% GUARANTEED ... WE STAND BEHIND OUR PRODUCTS AUTHENTICITY ... 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