Hotel St. George , once the largest hotel in New York City, is located in the heart of the beautiful Brooklyn Heights Historic District (1965), the first designated neighborhood of New York City. Its constituent buildings largely survive and were built between 1885 and 1929. This historic building is now used as student housing for nearby colleges like NYU, Pace, New York Law School and The New York Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts. It houses more than 1,400 students, and the occupancy will increase with the building being constantly updated and improved. The building is open only to students, has two pool tables, and one common kitchen to share with residents. Attached to the building is a separate four-storey "Eastern Athletic" gym.
Its location is just one stop away from Manhattan, above Clark Street subway station (train 2 and 3 ) on IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line. The only subway subway station continues to function inside the hotel itself, just before the main door leads to the former ballroom and check-in guests.
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History and description
The St. George is a collection of surviving buildings built mainly from 1885 to 1929; St. George occupied the full city block bordered by Clark Street, Pineapple Street, Hicks Street, and Henry Street. The main building, St. George Tower, standing more than 30 floors and now a residential cooperative building. It has attracted celebrities, athletes, and every presidential candidate flocking to many ballrooms (Colorama Ballroom being the largest banquet room in the world) and the largest indoor saltwater pool in the United States. From 1975-1976, several political prisoners, exiled from Chile by dictator Augusto Pinochet, stayed at the St. George. Many of them became US citizens and important Latin characters in the United States. The last remaining part of the hotel that operates like it was burned in a fire in August 1995. although the signboard remains fixed for historical purposes.
The entrance to 100 Henry Street, also known as the "Weller Wing" of St. George and formerly the hotel's main entrance, now part of Educational Housing Services (EHS), which provides boarding services for NYC university students. This same entrance also allows access to EHS's "Wing Studio". In 2005, EHS expanded the St. George and opened a new wing of the building at 55 Clark Street known as Clark Residence built on the site of a hotel building destroyed by a fire in 1995. EHS has 1,200 domestic and international students. Stylish street-level shops, restaurants and neighborhood shops occupy the front area at Clark and Henry. The subway entrance is located at the entrance to Henry Street.
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In media
Columbia Records (now Sony Classical) using the Grand Ballroom at Hotel St. George as the venue for some famous recordings by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. Among them were Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture , recorded on January 28, 1957; Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring , 1958; and Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue and Americans in Paris , 1959.
Part of The Godfather was filmed at St. George.
This hotel is the subject of feature songs by The Hassles (featured and written by Billy Joel), and recorded in 1968; it can be heard on The Hassles album, Hour of the Wolf , and Billy Joel's compilation, Billy Joel Sings.
References
External links
- Media related to Hotel St. George on Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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