The Peninsula New York

The Peninsula New York
Entrance to the hotel on 55th Street
Former names	Gotham Hotel, Nova Park Gotham,[a] Hotel Maxim's de Paris
General information
Location	700 Fifth Avenue Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°45′42″N 73°58′31″W / 40.76167°N 73.97528°W / 40.76167; -73.97528
Opened	1905
Renovated	1981–1987
Owner	The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited[1]
Management	The Peninsula Hotels
Technical details
Floor count	23
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Hiss and Weekes
Other information
Number of rooms	241
Number of suites	50
Number of restaurants	3 + 1 bar
Website
www.peninsula.com/new-york
New York City Landmark
Designated	June 6, 1989
Reference no.	1697

The Peninsula New York is a historic luxury hotel at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Built in 1905 as the Gotham Hotel, the structure was designed by Hiss and Weekes in the neoclassical style. The hotel is part of the Peninsula Hotels group, which is owned by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels (HSH). The structure is 23 stories high and, as of 2022^[update], contains 241 rooms.

The facade, made of limestone and granite, was intended to complement the neighboring University Club of New York building. It is divided horizontally into a base, shaft, and capital. A three-story glass penthouse, completed in the 1980s to designs by Stephen B. Jacobs, rises above the original roof and contains the hotel's pool and fitness center. The lower stories contain two restaurants, a lobby, and various other rooms across multiple levels. The hotel originally had 400 guestrooms, although this was downsized in the 1980s to 250 rooms, including a multi-room presidential suite near the roof.

The 55th Street Company acquired the site in April 1902 and developed the Gotham Hotel, which opened on October 1, 1905. The hotel was sold in 1908 after several failed attempts to procure a liquor license, and it was resold several times over the next three decades. The Gotham was acquired in 1932 by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, which added ground-level storefronts in 1938 and continued to own the hotel until 1944. The Gotham was resold several more times in the 1950s and 1960s before Sol Goldman and Alex DiLorenzo acquired it in 1965. Rene Hatt leased the Gotham in 1979 and attempted to renovate it into the Nova Park Gotham,^[a] but he gave up his lease in 1984 following several lawsuits and financial issues. A joint venture of several companies completed the renovation and reopened the hotel in November 1987 as the Hotel Maxim's de Paris, an outpost of Parisian restaurant Maxim's. HSH acquired the hotel's lease in 1989, renaming it the Peninsula New York, and renovated the hotel again in 1998.

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