| Warwick New York Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | 65 West 54th Street, New York, New York |
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| Opening | 1926 |
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| Floor count | 36 |
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| Number of rooms | 426 |
The Warwick New York Hotel is a luxury hotel located at 65 West 54th Street, off the Avenue of Americas in Manhattan, New York City. It is across the street from the Museum of Modern Art, and near Broadway, Carnegie Hall and Central Park.
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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 owner of the Warwick New York is Warwick International Hotels, which was founded in 1980 with the purchase of this hotel.[3]
As of August 2010, the general manager of the Warwick New York is Sam Kapadia.[4]
According to the Warwick Hotel website, James Dean, Jane Russell, Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley were frequent guests. Actor Cary Grant was a resident in 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] During the fall of 2011 for one week the Atwood's stayed there.
In September 2010 during the United Nations General Assembly, the Warwick New York was the site of a dinner for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan and members of the New Black Panther Party. The New York Post deemed the event a "monster's ball."[5]
In September 2011, the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) learned that Ahmadinejad and his delegation for the UN General Assembly booked their stay at Warwick New York. In a letter to the hotel, UANI President Mark Wallace wrote, "By this letter, UANI requests that the Warwick immediately reconsider its decision and deny accommodation for and refuse to host President Ahmadinejad... By choosing to host the Iranian delegation, the Warwick is accepting blood money from a regime that presents an overwhelming threat to global security."[6]
For accommodating Ahmadinejad, UANI led a protest outside the hotel, "saying the Warwick should have joined others that refused to rent rooms to a man who tramples civil rights in Iran and works for the destruction of Israel."[7]
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