Bradford Hotel (New York, New York)
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The Bradford Hotel is a New York City
establishment which opened on October 18, 1924, at 206 - 22 West 70th Street in Manhattan
. It cost $2,000,000 to build and was owned by the Lapidus Engineering Company. The same firm controlled the Hotel Oxford which opened in 1923.
The apartment hotel is sixteen stories and occupied a plot 150 by 100 between Broadway (Manhattan) and West End Avenue
. It contains four hundred rooms., each with private bathrooms, kitchenettes, and many with terraces. It was being converted to a project for the elderly by January 1970.
development project left the Bradford and the adjoining Chalfonte Hotel intact.
, was a resident of the Bradford Hotel, when he died in October 1961. He came to the United States
as a refugee in 1935. Kiefer was the author of a history of the Worms synagogue, to which he belonged. He assisted in rebuilding the synagogue which had been destroyed by the Nazis.
New York City
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establishment which opened on October 18, 1924, at 206 - 22 West 70th Street in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. It cost $2,000,000 to build and was owned by the Lapidus Engineering Company. The same firm controlled the Hotel Oxford which opened in 1923.
The apartment hotel is sixteen stories and occupied a plot 150 by 100 between Broadway (Manhattan) and West End Avenue
West End Avenue
West End Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, not far from the Hudson River.West End Avenue originates at West 59th Street; the continuation of the street below 59th Street is called Eleventh Avenue. It runs from 59th Street to its...
. It contains four hundred rooms., each with private bathrooms, kitchenettes, and many with terraces. It was being converted to a project for the elderly by January 1970.
Ownership history
In January 1954 the Marson Corporation, headed by Morris and Rubin Marcus, purchased the lease on the Bradford Hotel. The lease ran for sixteen years and was sold through Des Gabor, vice-president of the M. Morgenthau Seixas Company, brokers. The lease mandated a yearly rental of more than $110,000. In March 1959 the lease was bought by the Lincoln Bradford Corporation headed by William Pitchford. The Pitchford group held it until August 1959 when it was purchased by a group headed by Jack Brooks. From the Brooks syndicate the lease was purchased by Jack Tish, Herbert Tenenbaum, and Aaron Rashap. A 1950s Lincoln SquareLincoln Square, New York
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development project left the Bradford and the adjoining Chalfonte Hotel intact.
Noteworthy resident
Isidor Kiefer, a retired machine tools manufacturer from Worms, GermanyWorms, Germany
Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only...
, was a resident of the Bradford Hotel, when he died in October 1961. He came to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as a refugee in 1935. Kiefer was the author of a history of the Worms synagogue, to which he belonged. He assisted in rebuilding the synagogue which had been destroyed by the Nazis.