From Flickr: “Hotel McAlpin – New York, New York” by The J. Smith Archive

June 7, 2015 Uncategorized

The McAlpin Hotel, just finished, is the largest hotel in the world, occupying an entire block on Broadway between 33rd and 34th Streets. It is 25 stories high, with 3 sub-basements, contains 1,620 rooms, all outside, 1,100 baths, and 1,800 telephones. Total cost, $13,500,000.

Copyright, 1912, by Irving Underhill, New York
Success Postal Card Co., NY
No. 1056

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