99-631: The Royalton Hotel is a hotel at 44 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan , New York City , United States. The hotel, opened in 1898, was designed by architecture firm Rossiter & Wright and developed by civil engineer Edward G. Bailey. The 13-story building is made of brick, stone, terracotta, and iron. The hotel's lobby, which connects 43rd and 44th Streets, contains a bar and restaurant. The upper stories originally featured 90 apartments, but these were replaced with 205 guestrooms when Philippe Starck and Gruzen Samton Steinglass Architects converted
198-685: A $ 550,000 first mortgage loan on the Royalton in 1927. The hotel contained a music store by 1930. During the mid-20th century, the Royalton housed notable figures in the entertainment industry, leading the New York Daily News to describe the Royalton as the "poor man's Algonquin". Residents included actor Robert Benchley ; actresses Lucy Beaumont , Muriel Starr , and Catherine Doucet ; and theatrical critic George Jean Nathan . The hotel's tenants also included actor Marlon Brando and playwrights Noël Coward , Tennessee Williams , and Edward Peple . By
297-590: A 43,000 square-meter culture and leisure venue in Bilbao designed by Starck, opened in 2010. Starck also designed affordable and adjustable pre-fabricated P.A.T.H. houses. Starck was commissioned by the Hilton Worldwide to create an entirely new hotel in Metz , France. Maison Heler is a phantasmagoric building topped by a traditional Alsatian house, a poetic symbol of the region that should open in 2021. Starck designed
396-486: A check-in desk, were placed away from the main lobby; the men's restroom had an electrically activated waterfall. A 192 sq ft (17.8 m) circular bar, with blue velvet walls, was also next to the lobby; it was an allusion to the Algonquin Round Table at the neighboring Algonquin. The lobby's architectural features were removed in 2007. The modern lobby is decorated with dark metal and leather, as well as
495-433: A college education or higher. The percentage of Midtown Manhattan students excelling in math rose from 61% in 2000 to 80% in 2011 and reading achievement increased from 66% to 68% during the same time period. Midtown Manhattan's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Midtown Manhattan, 19% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , less than
594-857: A depth of 200.83 ft (61 m). On the same block, the New York City Bar Association Building is to the west, while the Penn Club of New York Building , the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Building , the Century Association Building , and the Hotel Mansfield are to the east. Other nearby buildings include the New York Yacht Club Building and the Harvard Club of New York City building to
693-547: A disagreement between ironworkers' and lathers' unions. The project, which cost $ 750,000, was funded by a $ 400,000 loan from the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York . Soon after the hotel was completed in 1898, the Cornell University Club leased several rooms on the hotel's ground level, next to the lobby and billiards room. By 1900, the hotel contained two more clubhouses; the Penn Club occupied
792-536: A furniture collection for Cassina , entirely made from a vegan fabric, with apple leather. For Salone del Mobile 2022, Dior Maison invited Starck to reinterpret the timeless Médallion seat. In 1996, Starck worked with Alain Mikli to launch Starck Eyes. In 2013 Luxottica bought Starck Eyes and renamed it Starck Biotech Paris in 2019. Starck Biotech Paris is inspired by the human body to create revolutionary eyewear, merging design with biomechanics. Starck helped design
891-422: A gas fireplace. As originally designed, tenants had apartments overlooking 43rd or 44th Street, while servants lived in rooms overlooking the light courts along the sides of the building. Originally, the hotel had 90 units. The average apartment contained three rooms, which were unfurnished. Each apartment was serviced by a dedicated staff member, and there were 132 bathrooms on the upper stories. Each apartment
990-513: A lease to operate the hotel. A decade after the hotel opened, the Nashville Tennessean described the Royalton as having "a quite amazing variety of private and dining rooms". Prior to the hotel's 1980s renovations, it was described as looking "so seedy that the shabby gentility of the worn and faded Algonquin, directly across 44th Street, seemed appealing by contrast". When the hotel reopened in 1988, The Wall Street Journal wrote that
1089-507: A low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 11%, slightly less than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Midtown Manhattan is 0.0113 milligrams per cubic metre (1.13 × 10 oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Eleven percent of Midtown Manhattan residents are smokers , which
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#17328514921261188-419: A lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 81.2% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 8 murders, 23 rapes, 653 robberies, 502 felony assaults, 660 burglaries, 2,375 grand larcenies, and 68 grand larcenies auto in 2022. The main part of midtown Manhattan, between 34th and 59th Streets from Lexington Avenue to Eighth Avenue, is served by five fire stations of
1287-587: A major force in Midtown Manhattan's economy, and indeed the city's, as the total value of all New York City property was estimated at US$ 914.8 billion for the 2015 fiscal year . Manhattan has perennially been home to some of the nation's, as well as one of the world's, most marketable real estate, including the Time Warner Center , which had the highest-listed market value in the city in 2006 at US$ 1.1 billion, to be subsequently surpassed in October 2014 by
1386-567: A number of private languages and music centers (e.g. Berlitz , American Language Communication Center, New York Language Center, Swan Music School, and the New York Youth Symphony ). The La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi Italian international school moved to West Midtown in 2016. The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (also the Main Branch),
1485-959: A program aimed at creating "a 24/7, live-work, mixed-use neighborhood" in Midtown South though the conversion of commercial and office space to residential, as part of an effort to create 20,000 new residences citywide in a decade. According to The Broadway League , shows on Broadway sold approximately US$ 1.54 billion worth of tickets in both the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons. Both seasons featured theater attendance of approximately 12.3 million each. Companies that used to have their headquarters in Midtown Manhattan include American Airlines , American Comics Group , American Overseas Airlines , Central Park Media , Eastern Air Lines , GoodTimes Entertainment , LJN , NewKidCo , Pan American World Airways , Philip Morris Companies (now Altria Group ), Trans Caribbean Airways , and Trans World Airlines . In 1997, Aer Lingus announced that it
1584-657: A reference branch at 476 Fifth Avenue. The four-story building, constructed in 1911, is known worldwide for its architecture and has several million items in its collections. There are also five circulating branches in Midtown: Two campuses of the City University of New York (CUNY)—the doctorate-granting CUNY Graduate Center and the Stella and Charles Guttman Community College —are located in Midtown, while Baruch College , also of
1683-481: A small fitness center. Following the 1980s renovation, the hotel had 205 rooms, which were arranged in 14 layouts. Generally, the rooms were decorated with "natural materials in neutral colors", including mahogany, gray carpets, and slate. Each of the rooms was decorated with gray-green slate, a material intentionally chosen to evoke Central Park . The rooms averaged 400 sq ft (37 m), and 40 rooms contained working fireplaces. The furniture in each guestroom
1782-450: A variety of designs; glass-topped tables, some of which had chess boards; and decorations such as horse-shaped lamps. Some of the glass vases and tables were part of Starck's Etrangetes (Oddities) collection. The Royalton Grill and a stand-up bar were placed in the lobby, and there was also a 110-seat restaurant known as 44. Next to the lobby was a library with a 20-foot-long table, as well as a game room. Auxiliary spaces, such as restrooms and
1881-467: Is 41% in Midtown Manhattan, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Midtown Manhattan is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Midtown Manhattan is patrolled by two precincts of the NYPD . Midtown North is patrolled by the 18th Precinct, located at 306 West 54th Street, while Midtown South
1980-643: Is also growing in Midtown Manhattan based upon the city's strength in academic scientific research and public and commercial financial support. By mid-2014, Accelerator, a biotech investment firm, had raised more than US$ 30 million from investors , including Eli Lilly and Company , Pfizer , and Johnson & Johnson , for initial funding to create biotechnology startups at the Alexandria Center for Life Science, which encompasses more than 700,000 square feet (65,000 m ) on East 29th Street and promotes collaboration among scientists and entrepreneurs at
2079-690: Is commonly defined to be 59th Street ; its southern boundary is less clear, and variously taken to be 34th Street , 23rd Street , or even 14th Street . Midtown spans the entire island of Manhattan along an east–west axis, bounded by the East River on its east and the Hudson River to its west. The Encyclopedia of New York City defines Midtown as extending from 34th Street to 59th Street and from 3rd Avenue to 8th Avenue. In addition to its central business district , Midtown Manhattan encompasses many neighborhoods, including Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea on
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#17328514921262178-546: Is considered to be the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere , servicing around 650,000 people per day. The Port Authority Bus Terminal , located at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street at the western edge of Midtown, is the city's main intercity bus terminal and the world's busiest bus station, serving 250,000 passengers on 7,000 buses each workday. The building opened in 1950 and had been designed to accommodate 60,000 daily passengers. A 2021 plan announced by
2277-701: Is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 86% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Midtown Manhattan, there are 11 bodegas . The nearest major hospitals are Mount Sinai West in Hell's Kitchen ; Beth Israel Medical Center in Stuyvesant Town ; the Bellevue Hospital Center and NYU Langone Medical Center in Kips Bay ; and NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in
2376-496: Is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are adults: a plurality (45%) are between the ages of 25 and 44, while 22% are between 45 and 64, and 13% are 65 or older. The ratio of youth and college-aged residents was lower, at 7% and 12% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Districts 4 and 5 (including Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen )
2475-470: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 297 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 18th Precinct has a lower crime rate than it did in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 82.1% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 1 murder, 22 rapes, 154 robberies, 185 felony assaults, 205 burglaries, 2,065 grand larcenies, and 116 grand larcenies auto in 2022. The 14th Precinct also has
2574-407: Is less than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Midtown Manhattan, 10% of residents are obese , 5% are diabetic , and 18% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 9% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-one percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which
2673-496: Is located at 421 8th Avenue. The post office stopped 24-hour service in 2009 due to decreasing mail traffic. Midtown Manhattan generally has a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . A majority of residents age 25 and older (78%) have a college education or higher, while 6% have less than a high school education and 17% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have
2772-918: Is located in Midtown Manhattan. Haier operates its United States offices in the Haier Building at 1356 Broadway, formerly the headquarters of the Greenwich Savings Bank . Haier held the opening ceremony on March 4, 2002. Sumitomo Corporation operates its New York Office, the headquarters of the corporation's United States operations, at 600 Third Avenue, 10016 in the Murray Hill neighborhood. El Al 's North American headquarters are in Midtown. The Air France USA regional headquarters are in 125 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Hachette Book Group USA has its headquarters in 237 Park Avenue . In 1994 Alitalia considered moving its USA headquarters from Midtown to Lower Manhattan , but decided to keep
2871-1273: Is one of the world's leading financial centers. Midtown Manhattan is the one of the world's largest central business district , with 400 million square feet (37.2 million m ) of office space in 2018. Midtown contains the headquarters of major companies, including 4Kids Entertainment (formerly), Barnes & Noble , Bloomberg L.P. , Ernst & Young , Calvin Klein , Cantor Fitzgerald , CBS Corporation , Citigroup , Colgate-Palmolive , Cushman & Wakefield , DC Comics , Deloitte , Duane Reade , Estée Lauder Companies , Foot Locker , Frederator Studios , JPMorgan Chase , Hess Corporation , Kroll Inc. , L-3 Communications , Marsh & McLennan Companies , Marvel Entertainment , MetLife , MidOcean Partners , Morgan Stanley , Nasdaq, Inc. , NBCUniversal , The New York Times Company , NexCen Brands , Paramount Global , Pfizer , Polo Ralph Lauren , Saks Incorporated ( Saks Fifth Avenue ), The Sharper Image , Simon & Schuster , Six Flags , TBWA Worldwide , Thomson Reuters , Warner Bros. Discovery , Time Warner Cable , The Travelers Companies , and Univision Communications . The New York Institute of Finance
2970-482: Is part of 10001. Other areas between 14th and 34th Streets are covered by ZIP Codes 10003, 10009, 10010, and 10011, though these are generally not considered to be part of Midtown proper. There are also thirty-three ZIP Codes assigned to individual buildings or building complexes. The United States Postal Service operates six post offices in Midtown: The James A. Farley Station , the city's main post office,
3069-430: Is patrolled by the 14th Precinct, located at 357 West 35th Street. The precincts ranked 69th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The high per-capita crime rate can be attributed to the low population of the area, as well as the high number of crimes committed against tourists. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 25 per 100,000 people, Midtown Manhattan's rate of violent crimes per capita
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3168-1262: Is seen in the collections of European and American museums, including the Musée National d'Art Moderne (to which he has donated several pieces, in particular, prototypes) the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris , MOMA and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City , the Vitra Design Museum in Basel and the Design Museum in London . More than 660 of his designs were inventoried in French public collections in 2011. Starck's concept of democratic design led him to focus on mass-produced consumer goods rather than one-off pieces, seeking ways to reduce cost and improve quality in mass market goods. Through his "democratic design" concept, Starck has campaigned for well-designed objects that are affordable to
3267-409: Is the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere . Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the world, and has been ranked as the densest central business district in the world in terms of employees, at 606,108 per square mile (234,020/km ). Midtown also ranks among the world's most expensive locations for real estate; Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan has commanded
3366-446: Is where your black-and-red Louis Vuitton yearns to rest, there are hotter spots than the slightly scuffed Royalton", although he said the hotel's ambience "never goes completely out of style". Two years later, Alice Rawsthorn wrote for the Times that Starck's lobby had been designed "as a metaphor for Manhattan, and the generations of immigrants who have settled there". The Times described
3465-629: The Ladies' Mile , along Fifth Avenue from 14th to 23rd Street; and the Tenderloin , from 23rd to 42nd Street and from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue . Important streets and thoroughfares The border of Midtown Manhattan is nebulous and further confused by the fact that the term "Midtown Manhattan" can be used to refer either to a district or a group of neighborhoods and districts in Manhattan: Midtown Manhattan, along with Lower Manhattan ,
3564-563: The New York City Fire Department (FDNY): The greater Midtown area between 14th Street and 59th Street contains seven additional fire stations. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers in Midtown Manhattan are lower than the city average. In Midtown Manhattan, there were 67 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 4 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Midtown Manhattan has
3663-553: The Upper East Side . Midtown Manhattan is located within six primary ZIP Codes . West of Fifth Avenue, Midtown is located in 10018 between 34th and 41st Streets, 10036 between 41st and 48th Streets, and 10019 between 48th and 59th Streets. East of Fifth Avenue, Midtown is located in 10016 between 34th and 40th Streets, 10017 between 40th and 49th Streets, and 10022 between 49th and 59th Streets. The area southwest of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, sometimes considered to be in Midtown,
3762-687: The Waldorf Astoria New York , which became the most expensive hotel ever sold after being purchased by the Anbang Insurance Group, based in China, for US$ 1.95 billion . In the same year, six of the top ten most expensive zip codes in the United States by median housing price were located in Manhattan, underscoring the borough's dominant position in the real estate market. When 450 Park Avenue
3861-685: The Wedge Too , a 65 m (213 ft) superyacht , built by Feadship and launched in 2002. In 2004, commissioned by Russian Oligarch Andrey Melnichenko , Starck designed the Motor Yacht A and then, in 2012, A (sailing yacht) , one of the world's largest sailing yachts. Starck designed the luxury marina renovation in the Port Adriano harbor , on the south-west bay of Palma de Mallorca It opened in April 2012. In 2008, he designed for Steve Jobs
3960-460: The Xiaomi Mi MIX smartphone, notable for having a 6.4-inch "whole surface screen". In 2016, Starck developed a GPS-tracking wristband, DIAL (Individual Alert and Localization Device) for Société nationale de Sauvetage en Mer , which allows endangered people to share their exact location with rescue services from the sea or the beach. In 2018, Starck collaborated with Axiom Space and created
4059-1116: The 1980s and the 1990s. Starck was born on 18 January 1949 in Paris . He is the son of André Starck, who was an aeronautics engineer . He says that his father often inspired him because he was an engineer , who made invention a "duty". His family is originally from, and lived in, the Alsace region, before his grandfather moved to Paris. He studied at the École Nissim de Camondo in Paris. While working for Adidas , Starck set up his first industrial design company, Starck Product , which he later renamed Ubik after Philip K. Dick's novel . For this company, he built relationships with manufacturers across Europe including: Driade, Alessi , and Kartell , in Italy, Drimmer in Austria, Vitra in Switzerland, and Disform in Spain. In 1983, then-French President François Mitterrand , on
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4158-465: The 1980s, the Royalton was a short-term budget hotel with 130 rooms. The hotel mainly attracted visitors with its low rates and its proximity to the Theater District. Philip Pilevsky was refurbishing the hotel by 1984; he considered 44th Street "one of the most prestigious streets in the city". Pilevsky jointly owned the hotel with Arthur G. Cohen , Ian Schrager , and Steve Rubell , who bought
4257-669: The 1990s. The restaurant scene was compared to that of the Algonquin Round Table, leading one writer to say the Algonquin as the "Royalton of the Twenties". The hotel itself gained a reputation for aloof staff, small rooms, and unconventional furniture, which added to its appeal with some guests. By 1994, the Royalton was the second most profitable hotel in the United States, behind the Lowell Hotel , as measured by sales per room. Schrager
4356-588: The 78 m (256 ft) superyacht Venus , launched in October 2012, just over a year after Jobs' death. The yacht was built at Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Zartan, created for Magis by Stark in 2010, is a chair entirely made from natural material like bamboo, linen and hemp fiber, a non-toxic and biodegradable alternative to replace plastic. In 2012, Starck released Broom for Emeco , an anti-waste chair made of materials collected in lumber and plastic plants. Starck released Cassina Croque la pomme in 2019,
4455-664: The City University of New York, is located in Midtown South. Mercy College is situated at Herald Square . Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal are the two major railroad stations located in Midtown Manhattan. Penn Station serves Amtrak , NJ Transit , and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), while Grand Central serves the Metro-North Railroad and also serves the LIRR at Grand Central Madison . Penn Station
4554-611: The Port Authority would spend $ 10 billion to expand capacity and modernize the facility. The New York City Subway and MTA Regional Bus Operations each operate several routes that go through Midtown. Additionally, the PATH train to New Jersey terminates at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Midtown. Traffic congestion is common, especially for crosstown traffic. In 2011, a new system of traffic light control, known as "Midtown in Motion"
4653-960: The Royal Monceau (2010) and, more recently, the Hotel Brach (2018) and the Hotel 9Confidentiel (2018), in Paris. Also in France, in the South West, Philippe Starck designed La Co(o)rniche and Ha(a)itza hotels, both in Arcachon , near the Dune of Pilat . In 2019, Starck created the Lily of the Valley Hotel on the French Riviera and in 2020, opened La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich. Starck has designed several restaurants, including in
4752-581: The Royalton and Morgans hotels. Texas-based hotel chain FelCor Lodging Trust agreed to buy the two hotels that May for a combined $ 140 million, though MHG continued to operate the hotels. FelCor announced in early 2016 that it was considering selling the Royalton, and Highgate and the Rockpoint Group bought the hotel in August 2017 for $ 55 million, taking out a $ 36 million mortgage to fund its purchase. At
4851-453: The Royalton and three other hotels to his lenders. MHG continued to operate the Royalton after Schrager resigned as the company's chief executive in 2005. At the time, the hotel was appraised at $ 69 million. The new chief executive W. Edward Scheetz announced in June 2007 that the hotel would close for a full renovation. Roman and Williams spent four months redesigning the lobby, which Scheetz had described as dated. In addition, several rooms on
4950-442: The Royalton as an apartment hotel . Architecture firm Rossiter & Wright filed plans for a 12-story hotel at 44–46 West 44th Street in February 1897, at which point the hotel was expected to cost $ 500,000. In May 1897, C. F. Dodson & Co. received a general contract for the construction of the Royalton Hotel, between 43rd and 44th Streets. During the hotel's construction, that August, two hundred workers went on strike following
5049-399: The Royalton hosted guests including Madonna and Weird Al Yankovic , as well as Karl Lagerfeld , k.d. lang , and Wesley Snipes . The hotel's restaurant gained the nickname Club Conde because high-ranking Condé Nast journalists, such as Graydon Carter and Tina Brown , often ate at the hotel's restaurant; in particular, Carter hosted "noncommercial writers' lunches" at the Royalton until
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#17328514921265148-423: The Royalton in 1985 and renovated it into a boutique hotel. The Royalton reopened in October 1988 and quickly became popular, with critics largely praising the new design. The Morgans Hotel Group (MHG) operated the Royalton for over two decades and renovated it again in 2007. FelCor Lodging Trust bought the hotel from MHG in 2011 and resold it to Highgate Holding and the Rockpoint Group in 2017. MCR Hotels bought
5247-420: The Royalton to a boutique hotel in the 1980s. The hotel was originally a residential apartment hotel and was developed between 1897 and 1898. For most of the 20th century, the Royalton operated as an apartment hotel; due to its proximity to Times Square , the hotel housed many figures in the entertainment industry. A group including Philip Pilevsky, Arthur G. Cohen , Ian Schrager , and Steve Rubell bought
5346-413: The Royalton to the estate of Frederick Billings in September 1901, and the estate assumed the hotel's $ 675,000 mortgage. By the late 1900s and early 1910s, the surrounding neighborhood was rapidly developing into an entertainment district. The New York Hippodrome opened directly adjacent to the Royalton in 1905, and several Broadway theaters had been developed on 44th Street in the 1900s and 1910s. With
5445-448: The Royalton was infamous for its gorgeous but bumbling staff, only the former part has changed". In 2007, the building was among the top 150 buildings in the United States ranked in the AIA's 2007 survey List of America's Favorite Architecture , receiving a higher rating than the original Pennsylvania Station . Midtown Manhattan Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan , serving as
5544-442: The Royalton's "elongated lobby resembles a high-tech ocean liner", and that it was "obviously elegant, more obviously a hotel" compared with Morgans. A writer for the Hartford Courant said that "in form, the place is a modern design museum offering a virtuoso's show", although he also said that the Royalton had some practical shortcomings, such as the fact that the bathrooms were too small to fit two people. Newsday said in 1992 that
5643-415: The Royalton, and the Paramount . Although Schrager denied that his hotels were for sale, the Royalton's manager and controller had both resigned by early 1990. Nonetheless, Harper's Bazaar credited the three hotels with popularizing the boutique hotel industry. The Royalton filed for bankruptcy protection in the early 1990s. The hotel had added a fitness center and 14 rooms by 1992. During that decade,
5742-549: The United Nations, and consulates-general accredited to the United States, in Midtown Manhattan. In addition, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) is in Midtown Manhattan. Philippe Starck Philippe Starck ( French pronunciation: [filip staʁk] ; born 18 January 1949) is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, architecture, household objects, furniture, boats and other vehicles. His most popular pieces were made in
5841-433: The United States achieved completion in Midtown Manhattan, at a selling price of US$ 238 million, for a 24,000 square feet (2,200 m ) penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park at 220 Central Park South . The COVID-19 pandemic and hybrid work models have prompted consideration of commercial-to-residential conversion within the neighborhood's real estate sector. In August 2023, Mayor Eric Adams announced
5940-466: The West Side, and Murray Hill , Kips Bay , Turtle Bay , and Gramercy Park on the East Side. It is sometimes broken into "Midtown East" and "Midtown West", or north and south as in the New York City Police Department 's Midtown North and Midtown South precincts. Neighborhoods in the Midtown area include the following: Midtown is the original district in the United States to bear the name and included historical but now defunct neighborhoods such as
6039-429: The brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District , is a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Sixth Avenue also has the headquarters of three of the four major U.S. television networks . Midtown is part of Manhattan Community District 5 . It is patrolled by the 14th and 18th precincts of the New York City Police Department . Geographically, the northern boundary of Midtown Manhattan
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#17328514921266138-401: The center and with nearby academic, medical, and research institutions. The New York City Economic Development Corporation 's Early Stage Life Sciences Funding Initiative and venture capital partners, including Celgene , General Electric Ventures, and Eli Lilly, committed a minimum of US$ 100 million to help launch 15 to 20 ventures in life sciences and biotechnology. Real estate is
6237-453: The city's primary central business district . Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building , the Chrysler Building , the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project , the headquarters of the United Nations , Grand Central Terminal , and Rockefeller Center , as well as several prominent tourist destinations, including Broadway , Times Square , and Koreatown . Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan
6336-411: The citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 92% of high school students in Midtown Manhattan graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%. There are no public elementary or middle schools in Midtown. The New York City Department of Education operates the following public high schools in Midtown, serving grades 9–12: Private schools include The Beekman School , Rebecca School , and
6435-435: The development of the Royalton Hotel, the neighborhood contained a slaughterhouse, stables for stagecoach horses, and a train yard for the elevated Sixth Avenue Line . There were historically many stagecoach stables on 43rd and 44th Streets between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, but only a few of these stables remained at the end of the 20th century. The Royalton is also one of six hotels on 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues,
6534-436: The development of these attractions, the Royalton began serving theatrical guests as well. The hotel also hosted clubhouses in the early 1910s, such as that of Phi Gamma Delta . Joseph Shenk was negotiating to acquire the Royalton in November 1919, with the intention of converting the hotel into offices; at the time, the hotel collected $ 200,000 per year in rent. The planned conversion did not happen, and Quinlan and Leland placed
6633-452: The early years, the Café Costes (1984) in Paris, Manin (1985) in Tokyo, Theatron (1985) in Mexico City, Teatriz (1990) in Madrid, and, more recently, several restaurants with the Alajmo brothers in Paris, Venice and Milan: Caffe Stern (2014), Amo (2016), Gran Caffe Quadri (2018) and Amor (2019), La Réserve à la Plage in Saint Tropez , with Michel Reybier Hospitality, and The Avenue at Saks in New York in 2019. The Alhondiga ,
6732-457: The grain of traditional forms. The first, Nani Nani , in Tokyo , was described as a biomorphic shed. A year later he designed the Asahi Beer Hall in Tokyo, a building topped with a golden flame. This was followed in 1992 by Le Baron Vert office complex in Osaka . In France, with Luc Arsène-Henry, Starck designed the extension of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs ( ENSAD ) in Paris (1998). In 1991, Starck designed one of
6831-440: The hotel "offers its own brand of trendiness" compared with the Paramount, while the Los Angeles Times said the hotel's design "would knock the socks off the cast of Star Trek ". A writer for the Montreal Gazette stated: "I think it's supposed to appeal to English rock stars." Gruzen Samton Steinglass Architects and Starck both received 1991 Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for their redesign of
6930-416: The hotel in 1985. At the time, several luxury hotels were being developed in Midtown Manhattan, and hundreds of hotel rooms were being built on Manhattan's West Side, which historically had much fewer hotel rooms than the East Side. The group hired Starck because he had little experience designing hotels, and because of his "star status among international designers" at the time. The group was highly involved in
7029-443: The hotel in 2020. The Royalton Hotel is on 44 West 44th Street, on the south sidewalk between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue , in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City . The rectangular land lot extends south to 43rd Street, where the hotel has an alternate address of 47–49 West 43rd Street. It covers 10,041 sq ft (932.8 m), with a frontage of 50 ft (15 m) on both 43rd and 44th Streets and
7128-533: The hotel was near Broadway. The Royalton reopened on October 10, 1988, after a $ 40 million renovation. The New York Times described the hotel's reopening as "one of the most-awaited design events of the year in Manhattan". At the time, nightly room rates averaged $ 190, while some suites cost more than $ 1,000 per night. Jeffrey Chodorow obtained the liquor license for the hotel's 100-seat restaurant, as Rubell and Schrager had been convicted of felonies and were thus banned from holding liquor licenses. Geoffrey Zakarian
7227-498: The hotel was rented out as bachelor apartments . In the 1980s, the interior was rearranged in a manner similar to a mansion, with public rooms on the lower stories and guestrooms on the upper stories. The lobby covers 10,000 sq ft (930 m) and connects 43rd and 44th Streets. In the 1980s, the lobby was divided into several sections and was decorated with a blue carpet and mirrored walls. A short flight of stairs led down from street level. The lobby itself contained chairs in
7326-405: The hotel. Critics also praised the lobby. Architect Robert A. M. Stern said that the lobby was "innovative, yet it's fun, and all the design precedents have been twisted and given a new look". USA Today wrote that "what [the Royalton has] brought back to New York is lobby socializing, a staple of the '20s society." A reviewer for The New York Times , writing in 2005, said: "If the bleeding edge
7425-586: The interior of the International Space Station 's housing module – a comfortable and luxurious living space adapted to weightlessness, with suede-textured walls, big windows to appreciate the view and all the technology needed to stay connected. In 2019, Starck unveiled the AI chair to the public. The AI chair was developed in collaboration with experts of the 3D software company Autodesk and designed with help of Artificial Intelligence . Starck's work
7524-526: The largest concentration of hotels on a single block in New York City during the early 21st century. The Royalton Hotel is 13 stories high. Rossiter & Wright designed the hotel, while E. F. Dodson & Company was the general contractor. It was made of brick, stone, terracotta, and iron. During the mid-1980s, Philippe Starck and Gruzen Samton Steinglass Architects renovated the hotel, and Brian McNally designed two ground-level restaurants. The hotel
7623-679: The masses. He has expressed this as a utopian ideal, approached in practice by increasing production quantities to cut costs and by using mail-order, via Les 3 Suisses . In 1998, Starck established the Good Goods catalogue with La Redoute , proposing 170 sustainable and respectful everyday life objects "for the future moral market". In 2000 he worked with Target Stores and proposed a collection of more than 50 products. Starck released Ideas Box in 2011 for Bibliothèques Sans Frontières . These kit media libraries give refugee populations access to culture and information and can be installed anywhere around
7722-510: The neighborhood was 64.1% (18,351) White , 4.6% (1,310) African American , 0.1% (34) Native American , 20.8% (5,942) Asian , 0% (8) Pacific Islander , 0.3% (92) from other races , and 2% (569) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 8.1% (2,324) of the population. The entirety of Community District 5, which comprises Midtown Manhattan, had 53,120 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.8 years. This
7821-478: The new lobby fireplace as "something Al Pacino might have in his Manhattan office in The Devil's Advocate ." Interior Design magazine wrote: "Philippe Starck's handiwork, which lasted 19 years before workers began carting it away, may have been the most important hotel lobby of the late 20th century." After the 2007 renovation, The New York Times said the hotel's restaurant was "anemic and empty" and wrote that, "if
7920-796: The northeast; the Algonquin , Iroquois , and Sofitel New York hotels to the north; the Belasco Theatre to the northwest; and the Chatwal New York hotel and the Town Hall to the west. The adjacent block of 44th Street is known as Club Row, which contains several clubhouses . When the hotel was developed in 1902, the area was filled with clubhouses, including those of the Harvard Club of New York City, Yale Club , New York Yacht Club , New York City Bar Association , and Century Association . Prior to
8019-452: The northeastern corner of the Royalton, while the Yachtsman's Club leased five rooms at ground level. The Columbia University Club of New York also briefly occupied the hotel after its founding in 1900. Although apartments ranged from $ 50 to $ 200 a month (equivalent to between $ 1,831 and $ 7,325 in 2023), the Royalton was nearly fully occupied at the beginning of the 20th century. Bailey sold
8118-701: The offices where they were at the last minute. Global Infrastructure Partners has an office in Midtown Manhattan. Silicon Alley , the common metonym for New York City's high tech sector, is based in Midtown South , specifically the Flatiron District . Prominent Silicon Alley companies in Midtown include AppNexus , Blue Apron , Gilt , Betterment , Oscar , SoFi , Rent the Runway , Warby Parker , and WeWork . The technology sector has been expanding across Midtown Manhattan since 2010. The biotechnology sector
8217-942: The pavilions for the new Groninger Museum . Since the late 1980s, Starck has designed several hotels in different countries, these include the Royalton Hotel (1988) and the lobby of the Paramount Hotel (1990) in New York City, the Delano in Miami, the Hudson Hotel , the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, the Sanderson , the Saint Martin's Lane in London, Le Meurice renovations in 2016,
8316-404: The project: for instance, Schrager repainted a sample room 40 times before deciding on a paint color for each room. To hire staff for the hotel, Schrager ran advertisements in entertainment magazines such as Variety ; this attracted 2,000 candidates, who auditioned for 178 jobs. The developers also had to work around a holdout tenant, a retired tap dancer in her 60s who refused to relocate because
8415-777: The recommendation of his Minister of Culture, Jack Lang , chose Starck to refurbish the president's private apartments at the Élysée . The following year he designed the Café Costes. After this, Starck's output expanded to include furniture, decoration, architecture, street furniture , industry (wind turbines, photo booths ), bathroom fittings, kitchens, floor, and wall coverings, lighting, domestic appliances, office equipment such as staplers , utensils, tableware, clothing, accessories, toys, glassware, graphic design and publishing, food, and vehicles for land, sea, air and space. The buildings Starck designed in Japan, starting in 1989, went against
8514-599: The time, the hotel had 168 rooms. The Royalton was temporarily closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City , and it was sold again in September 2020 to MCR Investors, operator of the TWA Hotel , for $ 41 million. MCR planned to renovate the Royalton to make it less exclusive; the firm's chief executive Tyler Morse said that potential guests avoided the hotel since "it was too intimidating". In December 2023, LuxUrban signed
8613-569: The upper stories were combined into penthouse units, and the bar and restaurant were also renovated. The hotel reopened on October 23, 2007, following a $ 20.2 million renovation. MHG spent $ 1.5 million in 2010 to renovate the Brasserie 44 bar, and the company hired several bartenders to overhaul the cocktail menu. The bar reopened in October 2010 and was rebranded Forty-Four. To pay off its increasing debts, Morgans announced in January 2011 that it would sell
8712-450: The world providing screens, books, games, cameras and more. Starck has been involved in the development of Fluocaril toothbrushes and Laguiole Knives . Working with electric bicycle maker Moustache Bikes , Starck designed the M.A.S.S. (Mud, Asphalt, Sand and Snow) line, released in 2014. The collection comprised four ebikes, each intended to handle a particular terrain, powered by a Bosch motor. In January 2013, Starck redesigned
8811-509: The world's highest retail rents and is the most expensive shopping street in the world. Midtown Manhattan is the country's largest commercial, entertainment , and media center, and is also a growing financial and fintech center. Many of New York City's skyscrapers , including its tallest hotels and apartment towers , are located in Midtown Manhattan. The neighborhood hosts commuters and residents working in its offices, hotels, and retail establishments, tourists and students. Times Square,
8910-403: Was $ 101,981, though the median income in Midtown individually was $ 120,854. In 2018, an estimated 11% of Midtown Manhattan residents lived in poverty, compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twenty residents (5%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent,
9009-503: Was announced, with the aim of reducing traffic congestion. Approximately 750,000 vehicles enter Midtown Manhattan on a fall business day. According to the 2011 Traffic Data Report for New York State, 777,527 vehicles a day went through select toll facilities into Manhattan. The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division , First Department, is located at the Appellate Division Courthouse at 25th Street and Madison Avenue
9108-602: Was completed in 1900 by architect James Brown Lord , who used a third of the construction budget to decorate the building with statues and murals. The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration operates its New York office on the 22nd floor at 135 West 50th Street . Several countries, including Algeria , Argentina , The Bahamas , China , Costa Rica , Germany , Ireland , Israel , Jamaica , Japan , Luxembourg , Mexico , Morocco , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , South Africa , South Korea , United Kingdom , and Ukraine , have Permanent Missions accredited to
9207-619: Was designed to resemble animal body parts, such as tails, snake heads, or horns. The mahogany bed frames and nightstands were designed to evoke ships. The furniture included blue armchairs, three-legged chairs, and mahogany-and-steel side tables. The walls had velvet banquettes, and each room had a chandelier with candles and a postcard that was changed twice daily; the postcard was the only art in each room. The bathrooms included features such as stainless steel sinks inset within glass counters, as well as mirrored walls, circular tubs, and glass shower curtains. Civil engineer Edward G. Bailey developed
9306-509: Was hired as the executive chef of the Royalton's restaurant, 44. The hotel's ambience extended to the black uniforms that staff members wore. The hotel recorded between 85 and 100 percent occupancy in its first month. When Rubell died shortly afterward, Schrager continued to operate the hotel alone through the Morgans Hotel Group (MHG). Pilevsky considered selling the hotels that he had co-owned with Rubell and Schrager, including Morgans ,
9405-516: Was moving its North American headquarters from Midtown to Melville , New York , in Suffolk County on Long Island . Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Midtown Manhattan was 28,630, a change of 2,823 (9.9%) from the 25,807 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 692.81 acres (280.37 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 41.3 inhabitants per acre (26,400/sq mi; 10,200/km ). The racial makeup of
9504-584: Was planning to spend $ 12 million to renovate the hotel by mid-2001, amid a decline in demand for hotels in New York City. In addition, he planned to build 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m) of condominiums. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, Schrager used the Royalton to temporarily house displaced Lower Manhattan residents, and he had to drastically reduce nightly room rates. Schrager narrowly avoided defaulting on $ 355 million of debt in 2003; had Schrager gone into default, he would have been forced to surrender
9603-491: Was redecorated with gray-green slate , dark green marble, carved aluminum, and mahogany. The modern lobby dates to a 2007 renovation by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch of Roman and Williams . When the hotel operated as an apartment hotel, the ground story was dedicated to public rooms such as restaurants and dining rooms; private meeting rooms; and club rooms such as reception rooms, reading rooms, and parlors. The remainder of
9702-436: Was served by an ice machine in the basement. The hotel had 250 units by 1919, each of which had two or three rooms. By the 1980s, the hotel had 130 rooms. In the mid-1980s, the corridors leading to the guestrooms were darkened for dramatic effect; as Starck explained, "before the opera starts, the place is dark." The corridors contained dark-blue walls, as well as blue carpets designed by Starck's wife. The fourth floor contained
9801-408: Was sold on July 2, 2007, for US$ 510 million, about US$ 1,589 per square foot (US$ 17,104/m ), it broke the barely month-old record for an American office building of US$ 1,476 per square foot (US$ 15,887/m ) based on the sale of 660 Madison Avenue . In 2014, Manhattan was home to six of the top ten zip codes in the United States by median housing price. In 2019, the most expensive home sale ever in
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