Lobby of Madison Square Hotel, Madison Avenue

Lobby of the Madison Square Hotel at 37 Madison Avenue. Vintage postcard Lumitone Photoprint, postmark 1946. "The Madison Square" opened in 1904 with about 340 rooms. It also had a wing on East 26th Street. It operated both as a hotel and as an apartment house and it was advertised for a public that demanded comfort without extravagance. The structure was demolished about the late 1969 and replaced by the 41 Madison Avenue, a 42-story tower completed in 1974.