Hotel voco THE FRANKLIN NEW YORK (New York) (2024)

FAQs

What is hotel Pennsylvania New York now? ›

After years of unsuccessful preservation battles, it was demolished in 2023. The hotel is to be replaced by 15 Penn Plaza, a 68-story tower. The Pennsylvania Railroad announced the construction of a hotel on Seventh Avenue in 1916, six years after completing the original New York Penn Station.

Since 2000, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has owned the hotel. The hotel building contains setbacks to comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution, as well as light courts above the third story on Madison Avenue.

Muhammad Ali recuperated there after his March 1971 fight against Joe Frazier at the Garden. The New Yorker also hosted many popular Big Bands, such as Peggy Lee, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey. The inventor Nikola Tesla lived in room 3327 at the hotel during the final years of his life.

The New Yorker has a history as intriguing as her intricate design. From her iconic Art Deco style to her ingenious American construction, the “Grand Old Lady” has been striking component of the New York skyline, towering above all others and illuminating it since her 1930 inception.

Demolition is progressing toward street level on the Hotel Pennsylvania, which is being razed to make way for PENN15, a 1,200-foot commercial supertall at 15 Penn Plaza in Midtown, Manhattan.

Inventor of the AC power system and the Tesla power coil, Nikola Tesla moved into The New Yorker Hotel, occupying rooms 3327 and 3328. Tesla lived in the hotel until his death on January 7, 1943.

Rich people in Manhattan often live in affluent neighborhoods such as the Upper East Side, Tribeca, SoHo, Hudson Yards, and the West Village.

Luminaries including Nikola Tesla, John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali and Jennifer Hudson have stayed here at our NYC Art Deco hotel. Learn more about our past, present, and future – and then add your name to our list of VIP guests!

Sure, guests benefit from lower prices due to room sizes, but developers also get a sweet deal. By shrinking rooms, they can simply fit more of them into a building — and that means, they hope, higher profit. With that in mind, tourists can expect micro-hotels to continue to flourish across Gotham.

Does The New Yorker Hotel have a pool? ›

Unfortunately we do not have a pool or hot tub in the hotel.