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Astor Hotel (other)
Astor Hotel usually refers to the Hotel Astor in New York City. Astor Hotel or Hotel Astor may also refer to: * Astor on the Lake, also known as Astor Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States * Astor Hotel, Adelaide, Australia * John Jacob Astor Hotel, originally Hotel Astoria, Oregon, United States See also * Astor (other) * Astor House The Astor House was a luxury hotel in New York City. Located on the corner of Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Vesey Street in what is now the Civic Center, Manhattan, Civic Center and Tribeca neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, it opened in 18 ..., a former hotel in New York City, built in 1836 and razed 1926 * Astor House (Golden, Colorado), a hotel built 1867, now a museum * Astor House Hotel (Shanghai), Shanghai, established 1846 * Astoria Hotel (other), several hotels {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor Hotel
Hotel Astor was a hotel on Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Built in 1905 and expanded in 1909–1910 for the Astor family, the hotel occupied a site bounded by Broadway, Shubert Alley, and 44th and 45th Streets. Architects Clinton & Russell designed the hotel as an 11-story Beaux-Arts edifice with a mansard roof. It contained 1,000 guest rooms, with two more levels underground for its extensive "backstage" functions, such as the wine cellar. The hotel was developed as a successor to the Waldorf-Astoria. Hotel Astor's success triggered the construction of the nearby Knickerbocker Hotel by other members of the Astor family two years later. The building was razed in 1967 to make way for the high-rise office tower One Astor Plaza. Construction With its elaborately decorated public rooms and its roof garden, the Hotel Astor was perceived as the successor to the Astor family's Waldorf-Astoria on 34th Street. William C. Muschen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor On The Lake
The Hotel Astor is a low-rise residential hotel building located in the Yankee Hill (East Town) Neighborhoods of Milwaukee, neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Astor on the Lake. It currently serves as an apartment building. Designed by architect Herbert Tullgren in Neoclassical architecture, Classical Revival style, the Hotel Astor was built in 1920 by developer Oscar Brachman for hotel tycoon Walter Schroeder. The building was originally U-shaped in plan, but an L-shaped addition in 1925 made the building into the E-shape seen today. The building has eight floors and stands 102 feet (31 m) tall. History When the Astor opened, it was considered one of the finest Midwest hotels of the time. It offered 125 guest rooms with a monthly rent of $100 to $300 depending on size. The façade is covered with gray limestone and has French Baroque and Classicism, French Classical details and was constructed using s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor Hotel, Adelaide
Pulteney Street is a main road which runs north-south through the middle of the eastern half of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia. It runs north-south from North Terrace, through Hindmarsh and Hurtle Squares, to South Terrace, where it becomes Unley Road. It is the only one of the city centre's major north-south thoroughfares that does not continue northwards over North Terrace. History Pulteney Street was named after Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm on 23 May 1837, at the behest of Governor Hindmarsh. On the south-east corner of Pulteney and Rundle streets was the elegant York Hotel, built by entrepreneur and publican C. A. Hornabrook in 1849. This was replaced in 1911 by the palatial Grand Central Hotel, owned by Foy & Gibson. By 1924 the hotel had gone bankrupt, and was converted into Foy & Gibson's department store. After Foy & Gibson moved into Rundle Street as Cox Foys in the mid-1950s, the building was used as government offices, and eventually d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jacob Astor Hotel
The John Jacob Astor Hotel, originally known as the Hotel Astoria, is a historic former hotel building located in Astoria, Oregon, United States, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It is one of the tallest buildings on the Oregon Coast and is a "prominent landmark" in Astoria. Constructed in 1922–23, the hotel opened in 1924 and initially was the city's social and business hub, but soon was beset with a variety of problems, and struggled financially for years. It was renamed the John Jacob Astor Hotel in 1951, but a decline in business continued, as did other problems. The building was condemned by the city for safety violations in 1968Dark, Russell (July 8, 1970). "Tattered Hotel Awaits Future With Beds Made". ''The Oregonian'' (Portland), p. 6. and sat vacant for several years until 1984, when work to renovate it and convert it for apartments began. It reopened as an apartment building in 1986, with the lowermost two floors reserved for commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor (other)
Astor or ASTOR may refer to: Companies * Astor Pictures, a New York-based motion picture releasing company * Astor Radio Corporation, an Australian consumer electronics manufacturer from 1926 onwards, which also owned the Astor Records label * Astor Records, an Australian recording company and recorded music distributor that operated from the 1960s to the early 1980s * Astor Trust Company, a New York-based financial trust, formerly Astor National Bank Military uses * Mark 45 torpedo, Anti-Submarine TORpedo (known as ASTOR) * Raytheon Sentinel, Airborne STand-Off Radar (known as ASTOR) People * Astor (surname) * Astor family, a wealthy 18th-century American family who became prominent in 20th-century British politics * Astor Bennett, a character in the Showtime television series ''Dexter'' * Astor Henríquez, Honduran footballer * Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger * Astor C. Wuchter, American Lutheran pastor and author Places and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor House
The Astor House was a luxury hotel in New York City. Located on the corner of Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Vesey Street in what is now the Civic Center, Manhattan, Civic Center and Tribeca neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, it opened in 1836 and soon became the best-known hotel in America. Part of it was demolished in 1913; the rest was demolished in 1926. History and description The Astor House was built by John Jacob Astor, who assembled the lots around his former house until he had purchased the full block in the heart of what was then the city's most fashionable residential district. Construction began in 1834,Stone, May N. "Astor House" in , p.73 and the hotel opened in June 1836 as the Park Hotel. It was located on the west side of Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway between Vesey and Barclay Streets, across from City Hall Park and diagonally across from the offices of the ''New York Herald''. The building was designed by Isaiah Rogers, who in 1829 had designed the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor House (Golden, Colorado)
The Astor House, at 822 12th St. in Golden, Colorado, is a historic stone hotel from the earliest years of Golden, Colorado, United States. It was built in 1867. It has also been known as the Astor House Hotel, Castle Rock House, Hotel Boston and the Astor House Hotel Museum. Associated with prominent area pioneers, it was also a pioneering effort in historic preservation in the region in 1972. It was the second site of Jefferson County, Colorado listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1973. It is a two-story building built from hand-cut sandstone. With History The Astor House was originally built in 1867 by Seth Lake, a pioneer hotelkeeper who came to the area in 1860 and had owned and operated the Green Mountain House at East Pleasant View, Colorado, Buckeye Hotel at Apex, and Two Mile House in Golden Gate Canyon. An upgrade from his original Lake House hotel on the site, it was carved of sandstone quarried by Charles R. Foreman & Co. at the far west end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor House Hotel (Shanghai)
The Astor House Hotel, known as the Pujiang Hotel (浦江饭店) in Chinese language, Chinese from 1959–2018, was described as once "one of the famous hotels of the world". Established in 1846 as Richards' Hotel and Restaurant (礼查饭店) on The Bund (Shanghai), The Bund in Shanghai, it was located at 15 Huangpu Lu, Shanghai, near the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek in the Hongkou District, near the northern end of the Waibaidu Bridge, Waibaidu (Garden) Bridge, from 1858 on. The hotel closed on 1 January 2018, after being purchased by an undisclosed local business. It was converted to the China Securities Museum, which opened in December 2018. Location The Astor House Hotel has been on the North Bund of Shanghai, by the northern end of the Waibaidu Bridge () (the Garden Bridge in English), since 1858. The hotel is on a site and has a total building area of with 134 rooms and suites.Property Details It was a landmark in the Hongkou District and the cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
