'An Orgy of Building', Shelton Hotel, 525 Lexington Avenue, New York, with the foundations of the Roosevelt Hotel in the foreground: proof etching

RIBA Ref No RIBA126556

Architect/Designer	Harmon, Arthur Loomis (1878-1958)
Artist/Photographer	Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926)
Country	United States
City	New York
Subject Date	1924
Image Date	1923
View	Exterior
Style	Romanesque Revival
Medium	Print
Library Reference	SC179/44(6)
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Construction sites ; Housing ; Skyscrapers

NOTES: One of New York's first skyscraper residential hotels. Originally built as a menÔÇÖs residence with 1,200 bedrooms plus library, lounge, and athletic facilities, the building opened its doors to women in 1924.

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