Ritz-Carlton Hotel (New York City)

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel was a luxury hotel in New York City, owned by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. It was located at 46th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

History

The Ritz-Carlton Investing Company was established by Albert Keller, who bought and franchised the name in the United States. The New York hotel opened in 1911; it was the first Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the U.S.[1] Louis Diat ran the kitchens and is believed to have invented the modern vichyssoise there.[2]

In 1911, the Ritz-Carlton Company announced its intention to expand the hotel, adding 100 rooms, a 300-seat banquet hall, ballroom, and private dining rooms, all on the 46th street side.[3]

The New York hotel was demolished in 1951, leaving only the Boston location.[4]

Later operations

In 1982, Blakely licensed the Ritz-Carlton name to hotelier John B. Coleman for two hotels he was renovating, The Fairfax in Washington, D.C. and the Navarro in New York City. Coleman renamed them the Ritz-Carlton Washington D.C. and the Ritz-Carlton New York in April 1982.[5] The two hotels eventually joined the modern chain that would be founded a few years later.

In 1999 Ritz-Carlton acquired the former Hotel St. Moritz in New York City, reestablishing a presence in New York for the first time since the 1951 demolition of their previous building. It was planned to be renovated to become the Ritz-Carlton's flagship hotel.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ritz-Carlton: the beginning". The Most Famous Hotels in the World. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Kamp, David (12 September 2006). The United States of Arugula. New York: Clarkson Potter. ISBN 978-0767915793.
  3. ↑ "Hotel Chain here for Ritz-Carlton Co.". The New York Times. May 20, 1911. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Ritz-Carlton Hotel". New York Architecture. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  5. ↑ Conroy, Sarah Booth (October 26, 1998). "Accommodating a Hotel's Good Name". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  6. ↑ Bagli, Charles V. (8 November 1999). "Buyer Plans for St. Moritz To Be Ritz-Carlton Flagship". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
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