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New York Marriott Marquis 
Location United States Address 1535 Broadway, New York City Hotel chain Marriott Corporation Coordinates 40°45′33″N 73°59′10″W / 40.759078°N 73.986201°WCoordinates: 40°45′33″N 73°59′10″W / 40.759078°N 73.986201°W Opening date 1985 Architect John Portman & Associates Management Marriott International Cost US$350 million Rooms 1,892 Suites 57 Restaurants The View Restaurant & Lounge
Broadway Lounge
Crossroads, An American Kitchen & BarTotal floor area 1,844,800 sq ft (171,390 m2) Floors 49 Total height 175 m (574 ft) Parking US$55 daily Website http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycmq-new-york-marriott-marquis/ References: [1][2][3] New York Marriott Marquis is a Marriott International hotel at 1535 Broadway opened in 1985 and was designed by architect John Portman. It is located in the heart of Times Square at Broadway and 45th Street. The hotel is famous for its high-tech elevators and atrium lobby rising 45 stories to The View, New York's only rooftop revolving restaurant and lounge. With 1,949 rooms and over 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) of meeting space, it is one of the largest hotels in the city. The Marquis Theatre is located within the hotel at the 3rd floor level.
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Creation
Looking up at the atrium
New York Marriott Marquis, circa 1999The hotel was born in controversy because five historic theaters—the Helen Hayes, the Morosco, the Astor, the Bijou, and the Gaiety—were demolished to clear the site. Protesters, including Christopher Reeve (then at the height of his Superman fame) tried to stop the destruction, even forcing a Supreme Court challenge, but it was too late. What was dubbed "The Great Theater Massacre of 1982" went forward to make way for the hotel.
The hotel has been criticized for turning its back to Times Square. However, at the time the hotel was built, Times Square was only beginning to turn around. With the still-seedy character of Times Square, Portman's style of inwardly-oriented spaces made logical sense. The present redevelopment of Times Square as an urban destination point has left the Marriott Marquis detached from the street. However, the Marriott was the first major project in the Times Square revitalization, and has been credited as the starting point for today's development node at Times Square.
The hotel has 36 guest room floors and features an award-winning restaurant on the top floor called "The View".
The hotel is served by twelve scenic elevators, which are famous for facing into an atrium that stretches the height of the hotel. The cabs travel at 1,000 feet (300 m) per minute. They received a major modernization in 2005 that included replacing the cabs and reducing waiting times from originally more than 30 minutes[citation needed] in the past down to less than 5 minutes.
At the time the hotel was built, it featured Manhattan's largest grand ballroom and its first revolving restaurant, a three-story, 1,500-seat theater, a second and third ballroom, and 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of meeting, banquet and exhibition spaces.
References
- ^ New York Marriott Marquis at Emporis
- ^ New York Marriott Marquis at SkyscraperPage
- ^ New York Marriott Marquis at Structurae
Further reading
- Nash, Eric P., Jr. (1999). Manhattan Skyscrapers. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568981813.
External links
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1985
- Hotels in Manhattan
- John C. Portman, Jr. buildings
- Landmarks in New York City
- Marriott International
- Buildings and structures with revolving restaurants
- Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
- Times Square
- Skyscraper hotels in the United States
- Hotels established in 1985
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