tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post6321838380951700497..comments2024-03-28T04:23:52.701-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1930 Horn & Hardardt Bldg -- 2710-2714 BroadwayTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-10572060699942732532022-02-15T12:50:19.107-08:002022-02-15T12:50:19.107-08:00SE corner of 42nd and 3rd Ave. Was there till the ...SE corner of 42nd and 3rd Ave. Was there till the late 80s I believeSmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962198086991494556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-2029406378148441892019-07-06T11:58:56.601-07:002019-07-06T11:58:56.601-07:00Recently, up on 181st, an exterior panel of a Matr...Recently, up on 181st, an exterior panel of a Matress Firm store fell off to reveal another H&H Automat extrior underneath. It looks to have been designed similarly to the one on 104th Street. You can see the hidden gem if you look at google maps at 615 W 181st St. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844912153672879342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-60919663593312142492014-08-12T17:50:06.904-07:002014-08-12T17:50:06.904-07:00There was an automat at Park and 42nd street (down...There was an automat at Park and 42nd street (downtown side), where the former Philip Morris/ Altria building now stands. The building was originally the Airlines Terminal buildingm. kehoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-16278092706670461522013-12-25T22:14:00.173-08:002013-12-25T22:14:00.173-08:00Operating H & H's survived into the 1970&#...Operating H & H's survived into the 1970's, because there was one still open on my old block at 8th Ave. between 57th and 58th in 1973. It looked very similar to the one above, I rolled my first bowling games in the 2nd story lanes above the Automat. When I returned in 1977, the Horn & Hardart had become a Burger King. When I next visited in 1997 the entire end of the block had become a highrise that obliterated all traces of the H&H, Woolworth's, my old candy store by the 57th & 8th subway entrance, and our neighborhood pizzeria, Little Italy, which had faced Columbus Circle from 58th.Steve Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-73802846161294506982013-03-20T14:46:31.637-07:002013-03-20T14:46:31.637-07:00hard to say ... there were over 40 H&H automat...hard to say ... there were over 40 H&H automats in Manhattan, plus all the others. Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-83909445246654635792013-03-20T13:24:23.503-07:002013-03-20T13:24:23.503-07:00The concept is brilliant and wish it could be succ...The concept is brilliant and wish it could be successfully duplicated today with a self-serve franchise business. The Automat on 57th Street off of Fifth Ave had an art deco nightclub vibe back in the day, it was lost a few years ago to so called progress.<br /><br />Anyway Rite Aid should have just left well enough alone. Why even cover original limestone with what is probably a cheap metal panelized facade? Such ill advised ground level/storefront "improvements" by todays architects mystifys meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-62054275222084878772013-03-20T13:23:27.428-07:002013-03-20T13:23:27.428-07:00Chip SF- I think it may have been on 40th or 41st ...Chip SF- I think it may have been on 40th or 41st street, shadowed by Park Avenue which is elevated in this area to snake around Grand Central Station. But as I type this, I wonder if it wasn't on Third Avenue. Daytonian- can you help?magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181183756484194127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-46312992452835018872013-03-20T12:51:03.619-07:002013-03-20T12:51:03.619-07:00Magnus -
I think you are right. We came to the 19...Magnus -<br />I think you are right. We came to the 1964 World's Fair (I was very little) and stayed at, I believe, the Roosevelt Hotel? It was right next to Grand Central. We went to an Automat nearby, in a much larger, dark, (probably grime-covered) building, not the building above.ChipSFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533749227364674468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-14312827290136589462013-03-20T05:01:42.057-07:002013-03-20T05:01:42.057-07:00I am giving my age away, but when I was a youngste...I am giving my age away, but when I was a youngster- mid 1960's, I believe that a lone Horn and Hardart Automat still existed somewhere around Grand Central Station. I was utterly fascinated by the concept and still am. magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181183756484194127noreply@blogger.com