tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post4180848714968905173..comments2024-03-28T05:18:25.792-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1868 Grand Hotel - Broadway and 31st StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-57939952777870564332020-06-10T05:55:21.744-07:002020-06-10T05:55:21.744-07:00Regarding information as to William G. Leland: my ...Regarding information as to William G. Leland: my research indicates that Mr. Leland retired from the hotel business shortly after the 1904 sale of the Grand Hotel, and was located in Glens Falls NY and Cincinnati OH for a time. Mr. Leland passed in 1925 at the residence of his sister located in Red Creek NY. It is unknown whether he resided with his sister at the time of his death. He is buried in Schroon Lake NY. I have been unable to locate any information on his wife Catherine/Katherine, with whom there was at least one child who died in infancy.<br /><br />Mr. Leland's brother, C. T. Leland, also of Schroon Lake NY, was also a noted figure in the hotel business, principally as manager of the Leland Hotel in Schroon Lake for many years beginning in 1894 under the ownership of the Emerson brothers of Warrensburg NY. Mr. C. T. Leland apparently also had a connection with the Grand Hotel possibly before and also after his brother William sold the hotel in 1904. This connection, the nature of which is not fully understood by me, lasted through at least 1911. By this time, William was retired, and C. T. would soon retire, likely at about the time of the burning of the Leland Hotel in 1914.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-65755453258097971852020-06-10T04:38:10.787-07:002020-06-10T04:38:10.787-07:00For those who may be interested: ownership and man...For those who may be interested: ownership and management of this hotel was, prior to the 1904 sale, held by William G. Leland, formerly of the Leland Hotel in Schroon Lake NY and of the Hotel Bennett in Binghamton NY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-48325256244200700022018-08-20T19:06:49.860-07:002018-08-20T19:06:49.860-07:00was there a school in that building in the 1960s a...was there a school in that building in the 1960s and what other stores was located there? I want to know more about the history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-44834455534423467812018-08-20T19:03:15.256-07:002018-08-20T19:03:15.256-07:00Hi, Dennis did you know the name of the school tha...Hi, Dennis did you know the name of the school that is located on the first floor during the 1960?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-65780868295860977002015-09-20T17:45:52.174-07:002015-09-20T17:45:52.174-07:00I am interested in finding out the name of a busin...I am interested in finding out the name of a business that would have been a vendor/tenant in the Grand Hotel in the early 1900s. I have an old original gilt-framed oil painting by an 'E. Carter' that looks 'Renaissance' in style. It has a label on the back which has the last two letters of the framing business name, and the first letters are worn off. The label reads:<br /> "-------------RL" <br /> 1234 Broadway,<br /> In The Grand Hotel,<br /> New York,<br /> Re-Gilding & Framing Made To Order<br /><br />If you can remember the name of that framing business I would enjoy hearing from you at my e-address moewright@smpatico.ca . Thank you for any info you can offer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-60464515318213310802015-02-05T06:22:27.677-08:002015-02-05T06:22:27.677-08:00Thanks for this! I love the details!
ShelleyThanks for this! I love the details! <br /><br />ShelleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-40594133067436356222015-01-14T03:45:17.919-08:002015-01-14T03:45:17.919-08:00I lived there in 1992-1993. The first floor, where...I lived there in 1992-1993. The first floor, where I was mostly very nice loft apartments, with stairs to go up to the loft,a kitchen under the loft and a high-celinged living room with almost floor to ceiling windows. Upstairs there were SRO rooms for only Asians. There were large communal bathrooms with sinks, and a drain hole in the floor-- I always saw women crouched on the floor cleaning fish in the bathroom on the hall where my friend lived. I surely loved my beautiful apartment there -- I could walk to work and almost everywhere else I wanted to go. Korea Town was just around the corner. At that time, though, 31st St had mostly small untidy odd shops of the sort that you still see along the side streets in the West 20s. I only moved when they raised the rent from $850 to $1300 all at once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-52966368301074066292013-09-10T09:06:17.958-07:002013-09-10T09:06:17.958-07:00Jess, I lived on the 3rd floor in 2005-06! Had a &...Jess, I lived on the 3rd floor in 2005-06! Had a 'student special' essentially a renovated tiny studio with a kitchenette and a shared bath on the hallway. It was an adventure, but a great location and I loved the historic details everywhere, like the non-working fireplace in my room.<br /><br />I always stop by to say hello to Jorge or whoever is working the door when I take the bus or train into town. Can't wait to see it all fixed up someday.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905704147846603130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-79110041559597317382012-08-13T10:16:31.267-07:002012-08-13T10:16:31.267-07:00A few questions, Sandybeach:
When you were a chi...A few questions, Sandybeach: <br /><br />When you were a child, was the Milner still an apartment hotel? Did your mother or a servant cook in the rooms or did you go downstairs to the dining room to eat? What kind of changes did you experience in the hotel over the three decades you lived there?<br /><br />Any information you want to share would be great!<br /><br />ShelleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-53935655512575124812012-08-03T02:24:37.778-07:002012-08-03T02:24:37.778-07:00I would love to ask you a few questions offline, S...I would love to ask you a few questions offline, Sandybeach. Could you email me at shirrrl54@hotmail.com? I would so appreciate it!<br /><br />ShelleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-30460213616500356582012-08-01T18:17:26.406-07:002012-08-01T18:17:26.406-07:00Hi If anyone wants info on this building, let me k...Hi If anyone wants info on this building, let me know. I was 2yrs old when my family moved in , that was in 1948. it was then called the Milner hotel, and just as beautiful as the grand pictures above. years later, called the Hadson Hotel, Then the clark apartments. I lived there for 32 yrs.sandybeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418145282370374773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-5304779922656960142012-03-18T11:18:13.686-07:002012-03-18T11:18:13.686-07:00I am researching a novel set in a hotel based on t...I am researching a novel set in a hotel based on the Grand and would appreciate any stories - general or personal, about its years as an SRO.<br /><br />Thanks so much.<br /><br />ShelleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-77775350282877501132011-12-29T09:43:18.611-08:002011-12-29T09:43:18.611-08:00The entrance had been along 31st street. None alon...The entrance had been along 31st street. None along Broadway. In those years, the 70s, there was only one Korean store on the first floor of Clark Apartments, fronting 31st street. I remember going into that Korean store to buy a pen. Across Clarks, along 31st, was First National City Bank. I remember in 1975 the building across Clarks, across Broadway, was burned by fire.<br /><br />There's your bit of history.<br /><br />DennisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-64322398067240642642011-12-06T14:21:28.862-08:002011-12-06T14:21:28.862-08:00Thank you so much for this posting! I lived there ...Thank you so much for this posting! I lived there from 2005-6 on the 1st floor and have always been curious about the history of the building.<br /><br />Where was the entrance when you were there Dennis? We had to enter through 38 w 31st street and all the upper floors were a warren of single occupancy rooms.<br /><br />Jess T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-45601076046893351142011-01-29T11:08:45.925-08:002011-01-29T11:08:45.925-08:00Wow! Great to read this about Clark Apartments whe...Wow! Great to read this about Clark Apartments where we lived 1974 to 1976, at the fifth floor. Didn't know that it was THE Grand Hotel. Nice reading.<br /><br />Dennis F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com