Manhattan Hotels:: 1880-1920 (Images of America)
Manhattan Hotels: 1880‚-1920, the second installment in the Vanished Manhattan series by Jeff Hirsh, demonstrates how these changes were played out in the hotels of Manhattan. The amenities we now consider to be important in a modern hotel had theirbeginnings in these four decades. Through the images within, one can witness the hotels of this time period struggling to keep pace with the demands of a seaport town exploding into a modern metropolis.