Hotel Claridge

Hotel Claridge
General information
Architectural style	Beaux-arts style
Location	1500 Broadway (160 West 44th Street), Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°45′25″N 73°59′08″W / 40.75694°N 73.98556°W / 40.75694; -73.98556
Construction started	1910
Opening	1911
Closed	1970
Technical details
Floor count	16
Design and construction
Architect(s)	D.H. Burnham & Company
Other information
Number of rooms	240

The Hotel Claridge was a 16-story building on Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, at the southeast corner of Broadway and 44th Street. Originally known as the Hotel Rector, it was built of brick in the Beaux-arts style in 1910–1911. The 14-story building had 240 guest rooms and 216,000 square feet of space.^[1] It operated for 59 years until the building was demolished in 1970 and replaced with 1500 Broadway.