New-York tribune., 1912-02-26
NEW SKYSCRAPER HOTEL
One Is Stories To Be Built Near
Grand Central Station.
WILL COST $5,500.000
Two Railroads Will Lease Ii TO
Company Headed by Gus
tav Baumann.
WILL COST s5,5Oo.oOo

New York's list OF great hotels IN soon 20
he enlarged by the erection OF twenty
three story one on the block between i@d
and ilth streets and Madison and Wander
bilt avenues. The new hotel VIII cost ABOUT
g 800 900 and will be leased 10 an operating
company. Of which Gustav Baumann' iate
Of the Holland House. is president Ihe
architects are Warren 6; Wetmore. OF New
York II Is said that the building viii be
completed In 1918.
While the plot. measuring 2OO BY 2l5 feet
is not quite so large as that of one or two
other hotels, I'm cubcal contents 1t VIII eN-
ceed them all The foundations will extend
sixty feet below the street level, with nVe
stories below ground. The structure VIII
have more than one thousand rooms, and
will care for more than twelve hundred
guests at IA time.
When the New York Central and the New
York. New Haven & Hartford railroads
adopted plans for the new SlOO,O0,VW ter
minal the main part OF which, II ~ eN-
pected. will be completed in the fall Of this
year. provision was made to cover over the
extensive train yards TO the north of the
station, and on the area thus created erect
observation-disclosures and business and amuse-
ment structures. II was then decided by
, officers of both companies to erect sky
scraper hotel.
The name of the new hotel has not yet
tcen selected. In style the structure vii
be of the modern classic Renaissance
architecture, and will be CONSTRUCTED
around an open court thus giving all tho
rooms plenty OF ventilation and light.
A feature OF the hotel will be the large
size of the rooms. The larger rooms will
have an area Of Is by 20 feet, and will be ir
the majority. The few smaller rooms will
be II by IS feet. Each will have private
bathroom opening directly upon the outside
court, or upon the street or avenue fronts
and spacious closets for clothes.
AS the incoming train station Will be be-
meath Vanderbilt avenue and at the east
end OF the hotel, Il will be possible for
passengers from all parts OF the country
TO pass directly from trains to elevators
that will carry them 20 the hotel lobby.
Their baggage will reach their rooms al
most simultaneously with them.
One wing Of the main floor will be de.
voted exclusively to men and another for
women. Both will have all the requisites
for comfort. on the women's side there
will be reception room, a tea room. a
dining room. library and reading room
and other luxuries. so that each sex may
have the utmost privacy II desired.
The main dining room will he 40xl2O
feet. and there will also be a number Of
private dining rooms OF varying sizes
which II will he possible TO throw all to-
gether II necessary.
A novel feature will be the grand ball
md banquet room. on the top floor. twen-
ty-three stories above the street. the only
one in the city at such a height above
ground. The windows will be so arranged
that the room can be converted into a
summer garden dining room. open on three
sides, giving an uninterrupted view OF the
city and. suburbs.
There will be eight passenger and five
| service elevators. besides n number OF
dumbwaite. :. All the help Will be housed
In the hotel and divided into classes. with
private reception rooms OF their own.
Turkish bath. with the largest swim.
ming pool in the country. will be another
feature.