Description: THIS LOVELY IMAGE OF THE HOTEL ASTOR, TIMES SQUARE NEW YORK CITY, PROBABLY BEGAN IT'S LIFE AS A POSTCARD. THIS REPRINT IS ENLARGED TO 8.5 X 11 AND PRINTED ON 110 LB CARD STOCK. The Hotel Astor was a venerable institution in the heart of Times Square for more than six decades. Plans for the grand hotel were conceived in 1900 by William C. Muschenheim and his brother, Frederick A. Muschenheim, at a time when the area—then known as Longacre Square—was beyond the fringe of metropolitan life. It would be a few years before the new subway would extend up Fourth Avenue, across Forty-second Street, and northward along Broadway. The New York Times publisher Adolph S. Ochs had moved the paper's operations to a new tower on 42nd Street in the middle of Longacre Square, and Ochs persuaded Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. to build a subway station there and rename it Times Square. The theatre district would soon occupy magnificent new auditoriums along Forty-second Street, and electric lighting transformed this strip of Broadway into the "Great White Way." The watermark will not appear on your copy.Your print will be carefully packaged and shipped via USPS ground. THANKS FOR LOOKING AND PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN AS NEW ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED EVERY DAY! DISCLAIMER: MY GOAL IS TO MAKE AVAILABLE AFFORDABLE, REPLICA, RMS TITANIC, AND WHITE STAR LINE COLLECTIBLES. I DO MY BEST TO OFFER ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. DETERMINING WHICH ITEMS ARE AND AREN’T IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IS GROWING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT! OCASSIONALLY, RARELY, & ACCIDENTALLY A LISTING MAY BE FOR AN ITEM BY WHICH THE ORIGINAL IS IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF VIOLATING COPYRIGHT LAW. IF YOU ARE THE OWNER OF SUCH ITEM PLEASE CONTACT ME AND WE WILL REACH AN AMICABLE AGREEMENT OR I WILL END THE LISTING IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU!
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Location: Dacula, Georgia
End Time: 2024-08-22T15:31:43.000Z
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