Английская Википедия:Hotel des Artistes
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Hotel des Artistes is a historic residential building located at 1 West 67th Street, near Central Park West, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.[1] Completed in 1917, the ornate 17-story, 119-unit Gothic-style building has been home to a long list of writers, artists, and politicians over the years.[2]
History
In 1914, a group of artists—including Walter Russell, Frank DuMond, Willard Metcalf, and Penrhyn Stanlaws[3][4][5]—paid $250,000 to buy a parcel of land on the west side of Central Park with the plans of building Hotel des Artistes.[6][7] At the outset, they planned to erect a 20-story building where 10 stories would be dedicated to artists' studio space and the other 10 would be dedicated to apartments.[6]
Designed by George Mort Pollard, when it opened in 1917, the Hotel des Artistes boasted a large swimming pool, grand ballrooms, rooftop squash courts, a gym, and a restaurant.[5] Apartments had as many as six rooms apiece, and many of the units featured 20-foot lofted ceilings. Kitchens were small, as tenants were able to use their dumbwaiters to receive meals prepared in a kitchen on the second floor.[8] The building is also noted for its pastoral floor-to-ceiling paintings by Howard Chandler Christy, one of its earliest residents.[9]
In 1970, the building transformed into a full co-operative after a new owner purchased it. Several longtime tenants were evicted after a lengthy court battle.[10]
In 1975, violinist turned restaurateur George Lang took over the run-down ground-floor cafe and renovated it, bringing in new diners. Lang and his wife Gloria ran Cafe des Artistes until 2009, when they decided to close it during the recession.[11] In 2011, it reopened under new management as the Leopard at des Artistes.[11]
Noteworthy former residents
- Earnest Andersson, who had developed the concept of the Hotel des Artists, and owned several apartments therein[12]
- Rolf Armstrong
- Peter Benchley
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Noël Coward
- Harry Crosby: Writer Harry Crosby—nephew of J.P. Morgan—killed himself and his mistress, Josephine Bigelow, in the building in 1929.[13]
- Charles Dana Gibson
- Frank DuMond
- Isadora Duncan[2]
- Dean Fausett
- Edna Ferber
- Peter Gelb[14]
- Joel Grey
- Elizabeth Hardwick, writer
- Fannie Hurst,[1] novelist, died in her apartment in the building in 1968.[15]
- Ellsworth Kelly
- John Lindsey
- Peter Martins
- Willard Metcalf
- James Montgomery Flagg
- Alla Nazimova
- LeRoy Neiman
- Mike Nichols
- Gary Oldman
- Jean Pigozzi
- Alice Pike Barney
- Zasu Pitts
- Norman Rockwell[2]
- Walter Russell
- Gloria Schiff
- Penrhyn Stanlaws
- Richard Thomas
- Rudolph Valentino[16]
- Margaret Widdemer
- Alexander Woollcott
In popular culture
- Audrey Rose (1977): Hotel des Artistes plays a prominent role in the supernatural drama Audrey Rose. The film's set designers re-created one of the building's apartments on a sound stage in Hollywood.[17]
References
External links
- Christoper Gray's May 14, 2000, Streetscapes column: Hotel des Artistes, 1 West 67th Street; Cornerstone Building on a Block of Artists' Studios
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