2109 Broadway  

40.780024, -73.981811 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Parking meter on Broadway
Zone number
111701

Historical background Checkpoint picture 17

The former luxurious Ansonia Hotel at intersection of Broadway and West 73rd Street in New York City after a hundred years still remains the place where luxury and style reign supreme. Architect Emile Paul Duboy designed and built the Ansonia in New York in 1904 in the Beaux-Art style as a luxury hotel for long-term tenants. In total its 17 floors host 2,500 rooms and 17 luxury apartments. Besides, the building originally had a large ballroom, several cafes, a palm orchard, Turkish baths and the world’s largest indoor swimming pool (largest at the time of the building construction). Thanks to the hotel’s extra solid structure, its apartments turned out to be virtually soundproof — a feature which was especially appreciated by musicians. This explains the fact that the Ansonia became a long-time home for the world’s top stars, such as Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini or Enrico Caruso. In 1972 the building was given the status of a Historic Landmark, and in 1992 it was rebuilt into a luxurious apartment hotel which now has 430 apartments. But even in the present days the Ansonia continues to radiate romance and luxury around itself, remaining a symbol of prestige and wealth — a true image of the old times elegance.

Present in routes of categories Lion, Griffin

Passed by: 35/45 (78%).

By categories:

  • Griffin: 9/9 (100%)
  • Lion: 26/36 (72%)