Demolition of Fifth Avenue Hotel - 1908
The old Fifth Avenue Hotel been prepared for demolition. Photograph looking south toward Fifth Avenue from 24th Avenue. Photo by Brown Brothers, 1908. Source: Photographic views of New York City, from the collections of the New York Public Library
The luxury hotel opened in 1859 and was home of great number of important events. It was closely connected with New York history. It closed at midnight on April 4, 1908. The furniture and equipment were auctioned on April 7, by the proprietors Hitchcock, Darling & Co. The store of Knox the Hatter in the ground floor was still open in May 1908, after demolition work began on the building, a few weeks before.
The Fifth Avenue Building (200 Fifth Avenue), was completed in 1909 on the site. The Flatiron Building completed in 1902 is on the left, at the junction of Broadway and 5th Avenue.
141 Fifth Avenue, 15 stories, completed in 1897 at the southeast corner of 21st Street.
The opposite view.
At City Hall Park
Fifth Avenue, east side, from no. 143 to no. 159. 21st Street.
Enlargement of buildings on east side 5th Avenue ►
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Demolition of Fifth Avenue Hotel - 1908
