Algonquin Hotel

Address: 59 W 44th St
Vicinity: Avenue of the Americas
Neighborhood of Midtown Center in Manhattan NYC
Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City

Phone: 212-840-6800

Travel Genus: Lodging , Sight
Sight Category: Building
Lodging category: Upscale Lodging

Theme Group: Literary New York, NY

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
1902/11/22	Goldwin Starrett	Architect	The Algonquin Hotel opens in the center of town, near NYC's prominent private clubs and just blocks from two popular restaurants, Sherry's and Delmonico's, are just up the street on 5th Avenue and 44th Street.
1918/00/00	Robert E Sherwood	Member	Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Robert E Sherwood begin lunching at the Algonquin Hotel on a near-daily basis, due its proxicmity to the offices of Vanity Fair where they all work.
1918/00/00	Dorothy Parker	Member	Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Robert E Sherwood begin lunching at the Algonquin Hotel on a near-daily basis, due its proxicmity to the offices of Vanity Fair where they all work.
1918/00/00	Robert Benchley	Member	Robert Benchley begins having regular lunches with work mates Dorothy Parker and Robert E Sherwood at the Algonquin Hotel.
1919/06/00			A group of writers and critics gathered at the Algonquin Hotel to welcome the critic Alexander Woollcott home from the war. The group returned at 1 pm practically every day thereafter, inviting new lunch companions, until it dissolved in the early 1930s.
1934/03/29	Zelda Fitzgerald	Artist	An exhibition of Zelda Fitzgerald's art work opens at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City as part of the publicity for "Tender Is the Night". The show will close in April, 1934.	Tender is the Night
1950/11/00	William Faulkner	Guest	William Faulkner stays at The Algonquinin while en route to Stockholm to receive his Nobel Prize, but probably doesn't work on his acceptance speech.

Y/M/D

Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

Y/M/D

Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

1902/11/22

Goldwin Starrett

Architect

The Algonquin Hotel opens in the center of town, near NYC's prominent private clubs and just blocks from two popular restaurants, Sherry's and Delmonico's, are just up the street on 5th Avenue and 44th Street.

1918/00/00

Robert E Sherwood

Member

Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Robert E Sherwood begin lunching at the Algonquin Hotel on a near-daily basis, due its proxicmity to the offices of Vanity Fair where they all work.

1918/00/00

Dorothy Parker

Member

Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Robert E Sherwood begin lunching at the Algonquin Hotel on a near-daily basis, due its proxicmity to the offices of Vanity Fair where they all work.

1918/00/00

Robert Benchley

Member

Robert Benchley begins having regular lunches with work mates Dorothy Parker and Robert E Sherwood at the Algonquin Hotel.

1919/06/00

A group of writers and critics gathered at the Algonquin Hotel to welcome the critic Alexander Woollcott home from the war. The group returned at 1 pm practically every day thereafter, inviting new lunch companions, until it dissolved in the early 1930s.

1934/03/29

Zelda Fitzgerald

Artist

An exhibition of Zelda Fitzgerald's art work opens at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City as part of the publicity for "Tender Is the Night". The show will close in April, 1934.

Tender is the Night

1950/11/00

William Faulkner

Guest

William Faulkner stays at The Algonquinin while en route to Stockholm to receive his Nobel Prize, but probably doesn't work on his acceptance speech.