Times Square Hotel
- Architect
- Gronenberg & Leuchtag
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Times Square Hotel at 255 West 43rd Street is a 15-story Renaissance Revival building completed in 1923 and designed by Gronenberg & Leuchtag, the firm's only hotel design. Since 1991 it has operated as supportive housing run by the nonprofit Breaking Ground, formerly Common Ground, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
Bayed limestone-and-brick facade. The facade is divided vertically into multiple bays facing Eighth Avenue and 43rd Street. The first two stories are clad in white limestone, while the stories above are tan brick with terracotta decoration; three light courts on the south facade divide the building into four wings.
the style
Gronenberg & Leuchtag designed the hotel in the Renaissance Revival style, their only known hotel commission.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
Gronenberg & Leuchtag designed the Times Square Hotel, their sole hotel project, completed in 1923.
significance
The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has served as a supportive housing shelter operated by Breaking Ground since 1991.
nearby
- The Times Square Building
- Music Box Theater
- New Amsterdam Theater
- New York Times Building
- 330 West 42nd Street
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