Warwick New York Hotel

Warwick New York Hotel
Warwick New York Hotel
General information
Type	Hotel
Location	65 West 54th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates	40°45′44″N 73°58′42″W / 40.76230°N 73.97824°W / 40.76230; -73.97824Coordinates: 40°45′44″N 73°58′42″W / 40.76230°N 73.97824°W / 40.76230; -73.97824
Opened	1926
Technical details
Floor count	36
Other information
Number of rooms	426

The Warwick New York Hotel is a luxury hotel located at 65 West 54th Street, near Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. It is owned by Warwick International Hotels.

History

William Randolph Hearst built the Warwick New York Hotel in 1926 for $5 million. Long catering to the elite, Hearst built the 36-story residential tower to accommodate his Hollywood friends as well as his mistress, the actress Marion Davies, who had her own specially-designed floor in the building.^[1]

The hotel's restaurant, Murals on 54, features the 1937 murals of American illustrator Dean Cornwell. The famed murals were fully restored following a 2004 renovation of the restaurant.^[2] The Warwick is also home to Randolph’s Bar & Lounge, whose rosebud leitmotif references Hearst’s purported nickname for Marion Davies.^[3]

The owner of the Warwick New York is Warwick Hotels and Resorts, which was founded in 1980 with the purchase of this hotel by its chairman, Richard Chiu.^[4]

Prominent guests

According to the Warwick Hotel website, James Dean, Jane Russell, Elizabeth Taylor, Meyer Lansky, and Elvis Presley were frequent guests. Actor Cary Grant resided at the Warwick and lived in the hotel for 12 years. When The Beatles first came to the U.S., they stayed in the Warwick.^[1]

In September 2011 and 2012, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation stayed at the Warwick for the UN General Assembly, which led to protests outside the hotel.^[5]^[6]

In popular culture

In the Mad Men season 4 episode, "Hands and Knees", Lane Pryce's father stays at the Warwick Hotel when visiting New York in August 1965, with the intention of bringing Lane back to London with him. That same week, Don Draper takes his daughter to see The Beatles at Shea Stadium.

References

1 2 "Welcome to the Warwick Hotel New York". Warwick New York Hotel. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
↑ Price Davis, Anita (2009). New Deal Art in North Carolina. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 115–118. ISBN 978-0-7864-3779-5. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
↑ "The Warwick New York". New York. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
↑ "About Us". Warwick International Hotels. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
↑ Aiello, Tony (22 September 2011). "Protesters Let Warwick Hotel Have It For Choosing To Host Ahmadinejad". WCBS News. CBS New York. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
↑ Soltis, Andy (4 September 2012). "Suite – and sour! A'jad hotel rage". New York Post. Retrieved 2014-03-06.

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