Title: Memorandum in opposition to the Portman Hotel project
Description: Concerns the construction of the $300 million Portman hotel/theater complex in the Broadway theater district. The disputed development project called for the destruction of two historic theaters, the Morosco and Helen Hayes. The theaters were destroyed. The site is now occupied by the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel designed by John Portman.
Subjects: Theaters, Historic buildings, Buildings, structures, Morosco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), Helen Hayes Theater (New York, N.Y.), New York Marriott Marquis (New York, N.Y.)
Places: New York (State), New York, Broadway (New York, N.Y.), Times Square (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)