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Drake Hotel (other)
Drake Hotel may refer to: ;in Canada * Drake Hotel (Toronto), Ontario ;in the United States (by state) *Drake Hotel (Chicago, Illinois), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) *Drake Hotel (Gallup, New Mexico), NRHP-listed in McKinley County *Drake Hotel (New York City) The Drake Hotel was a hotel at 440 Park Avenue and 56th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1926 by Bing & Bing, it contained 495 rooms across 21 floors. It was sold in 2006 and demolished to make way for a residential skyscr ..., New York * Drake Hotel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), NRHP-listed {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drake Hotel (Toronto)
The Drake Hotel is a hospitality venue on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near Parkdale. In addition to a nineteen-room boutique hotel, there is a restaurant lounge, corner café with street-level patio, Sky Yard roof top patio, and the Drake Underground basement nightclub and live performance venue. The Drake Underground primarily features indie acts, though past noted performers include M.I.A., Billie Eilish and Beck. History The venue was opened in 1890 as ''Small's Hotel''. At the time, the area was a major Canadian Pacific Railway hub near what was then one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the city. In 1949, the hotel was acquired by new owners who expanded the building and renamed it ''the Drake''. The hotel eventually fell into decline. James Earl Ray described visiting a bar around the corner—likely the Drake—while living as a fugitive on nearby Ossington Avenue in 1968. In the 1970s, it fell into use as a flophouse like many hotels in No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drake Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)
The Drake, a Hilton Hotel, 140 East Walton Place, Chicago, Illinois, is a luxury, full-service hotel, located downtown on the lake side of Michigan Avenue two blocks north of the John Hancock Center and a block south of Oak Street Beach at the top of the Magnificent Mile. Overlooking Lake Michigan, it was founded in 1920, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by the firm of Marshall and Fox, and soon became one of Chicago's landmark hotels, a longtime rival of the Palmer House. It has 535 bedrooms (including 74 suites), a six-room Presidential Suite, several restaurants, two large ballrooms, the "Palm Court" (a club-like, secluded lobby), and Club International (a members-only club introduced in the 1940s). It is known for the contribution that its silhouette and sign on the lake ( Oak Street) façade make to the Gold Coast skyline. History Second-generation hotel magnates Tracy Drake and John Drake Jnr. acquired the property from the estate of Potter Palmer in 1916. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drake Hotel (Gallup, New Mexico)
The Drake Hotel, at 216 E. Sixty-sixth Ave. in Gallup, New Mexico, was built in 1919. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1988. It has been described as "Decorative Brick Commercial" in style and has also been known as the Turquoise Club. It is a two-story blond brick building. With References National Register of Historic Places in McKinley County, New Mexico Buildings and structures completed in 1919 Hotels in New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In McKinley County, New Mexico
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in McKinley County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 77 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Another two properties were once listed, but have since been removed. All of the places within the county currently or formerly on the National Register are also recorded on the State Register of Cultural Properties. Current listings Former listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico * National Register of Historic Places lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drake Hotel (New York City)
The Drake Hotel was a hotel at 440 Park Avenue and 56th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1926 by Bing & Bing, it contained 495 rooms across 21 floors. It was sold in 2006 and demolished to make way for a residential skyscraper called 432 Park Avenue. History The hotel was built in 1926 by the real estate organization of Bing & Bing. It was a 21-floor complex with 495 rooms. According to one source, "it boasted innovations such as automatic refrigeration as well as spacious, luxurious rooms and suites". Fauchon chocolates was located on the ground floor. Notable residents Silent film star Lillian Gish lived at the hotel from 1946 to 1949. Other notable guests included Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali, Judy Garland, Jimi Hendrix and Glenn Gould. Restaurateur Toots Shor lived there in his final years. Songwriter Jerome Kern collapsed on the sidewalk in front of the Drake on November 5, 1945. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Drake Hotel was the preferred accommodat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
