page_title: Morton S. Wolf
hierarchical_section_title: Morton S. Wolf
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking east down 57th Street and across Park Avenue at the Ritz Tower on a cloudy afternoon. NYCLPC designation 2002, map 11.
context_page_description: Morton S. Wolf was a realty executive. He was the founder of Spencer-Taylor Inc., a real estate development and hotel management firm. He founded the company together with his brother Charles S. Wolf. Under Wolf's direction, Spencer-Taylor over the years operated the Ritz Towers, Delmonico, the Mayflower, Surrey, One Fifth Avenue, Beaux-Arts, and Peter Cooper hotels. He conceived and developed a number of real estate projects, including Washington Square Village in New York City, and contributed to the Renaissance I building projects in the Golden Triangle in Pittsburgh, which included Chatham Center. As part of the Chatham project, he conceived the idea of placing a hotel atop an office building.
  Wolf traveled abroad as a real estate consultant for the State Department under President Harry S. Truman in 1950. Among his many philanthropic activities, he served on the board of St. Vincent's Hospital, and was a real estate consultant for the Archdiocese of New York.
  Wolf died in New Rochelle Hospital. He lived in Larchmont, NY.
context_section_description: Morton S. Wolf (1907 – June 5, 1976) was a realty executive. He was the founder of Spencer-Taylor Inc., a real estate development and hotel management firm. He founded the company together with his brother Charles S. Wolf. Under Wolf's direction, Spencer-Taylor over the years operated the Ritz Towers, Delmonico, the Mayflower, Surrey, One Fifth Avenue, Beaux-Arts, and Peter Cooper hotels. He conceived and developed a number of real estate projects, including Washington Square Village in New York City, and contributed to the Renaissance I building projects in the Golden Triangle in Pittsburgh, which included Chatham Center. As part of the Chatham project, he conceived the idea of placing a hotel atop an office building.
  Wolf traveled abroad as a real estate consultant for the State Department under President Harry S. Truman in 1950. Among his many philanthropic activities, he served on the board of St. Vincent's Hospital, and was a real estate consultant for the Archdiocese of New York.
  Wolf died in New Rochelle Hospital. He lived in Larchmont, NY.
caption: The Ritz Tower, a New York City Landmark
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