tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post8516704558790254254..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost Metropole Hotel -- Broadway and 42nd StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-90795659771346069642023-02-05T14:07:02.274-08:002023-02-05T14:07:02.274-08:00The "New" Metropole hotel, on 43rd is wh...The "New" Metropole hotel, on 43rd is where Herman Rosenthal was gunned down, sending Charles Becker to the electric chair.Tom Darbyshirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-91190894612732238582022-04-22T04:55:37.652-07:002022-04-22T04:55:37.652-07:00The original Metropole was the taller building (8 ...The original Metropole was the taller building (8 stories). This was not razed in 1910, really the side of 42nd street was (the "annex") to build the Heidelberg. The larger structure stayed and that's where Louis Martin opened the restaurant in 1910. José Manuel Araquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09739886088226056615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-36597959937861771112021-10-28T03:40:23.034-07:002021-10-28T03:40:23.034-07:00The city looked so much cleaner back then even wit...The city looked so much cleaner back then even with all the livestock manure. Unlike today's livestock that has to wear a mask trying to escape their filthy pen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-26199573011622887102020-05-26T01:53:42.573-07:002020-05-26T01:53:42.573-07:00he apparently did, since no follow-up articles see...he apparently did, since no follow-up articles seem to have appeared later.<br />Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-40209661091655024402020-05-25T18:04:09.918-07:002020-05-25T18:04:09.918-07:00So, did Roacher ever recover from his injuries?
...So, did Roacher ever recover from his injuries? <br /><br />If this shows up three times it's on account of wonky behavior on Blogger's part...She Snailiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979210441478821722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-35136693286021910042017-12-28T03:01:00.308-08:002017-12-28T03:01:00.308-08:00It was Greene & Putney, in 1898, who extended ...It was Greene & Putney, in 1898, who extended the Rossmore into the four-story hotel next door. (See above paragraph beginning "The hotel was rescued...") The Metropole included both the main building and the smaller hotel, now used as an annex, or "extension"Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-87451646942900777972017-12-27T14:15:51.667-08:002017-12-27T14:15:51.667-08:00What happened to the Rossmoor Hotel? When the Cons...What happened to the Rossmoor Hotel? When the Considines took over in 1899, did they take only the four story annex and call it the Metropole? JoeRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534553923450796468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-71892654483028096812017-02-10T06:23:57.803-08:002017-02-10T06:23:57.803-08:00Great background.Great background.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-87290486940597009432015-12-22T05:33:07.862-08:002015-12-22T05:33:07.862-08:00Terrific! Thanks for posting this, Tom.Terrific! Thanks for posting this, Tom.Jeffinprovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268291403063609901noreply@blogger.com