Dylan Hotel, East 41st Street

The Dylan Hotel is housed in the historic building of Chemists' Club at 52 East 41st Street, between Madison and Park avenues, Midtown Manhattan. The building, completed in 1911, reopened as Dylan Hotel in 2000. The hotel is a block away from Grand Central Station. It is near the Bryant Park, the New York Public Library, Times Square and Broadway theaters.

The Chemists' Club in New York was formed in December, 1898. Its new headquarters was designed by architects York & Sawyer, in 1909, and the club moved into it by March, 1911. The 12-story building was constructed with a white marble façade, in the style of the French Renaissance of the Louis XVI period, finished with Ionic pilasters and balconies at the second story and similar decorative balconies at the top story. The facilities consisted of a social floor, a scientific floor, a research library, three laboratories for rent, and residential areas for visiting members.

The Club building was sold in 1987 and renamed Dylan Hotel in 1988 after Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, but it was left empty for many years. It had several owners, until New York real-estate investor Morris Moinian acquired the building in June 1997 and renovated it into a 108-room boutique hotel, with the addition of four new floors. It reopened in late 2000 as Dylan Hotel NYC.

The interior was redesigned by Jeffrey Beers, who moved the bar from the main floor to the balcony, which was widened to accommodate two rows of tables and chairs.