Pabst Hotel, former hotel in Manhattan, New York
The Pabst Hotel was a nine-story steel-frame building clad in limestone, located at the corner of Broadway and 7th Avenue in Manhattan, New York. The upper floors held around 35 guest rooms, while the lower levels featured a restaurant on the second floor and a beer hall in the basement.
The hotel opened in 1899 and stood for only a few years before being torn down in 1902 to make way for the New York Times building. That decision helped shape the identity of the surrounding area, which soon became known as Times Square.
The hotel took its name from the Pabst Brewing Company, which operated the building and served its beer in the restaurant and beer hall below. The place functioned as a gathering spot where visitors and locals met to eat, drink, and socialize together.
The hotel no longer exists, but its former site sits in present-day Times Square, which is easy to reach by subway or on foot. Walking the streets around 42nd Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway is the best way to get a sense of where the building once stood.
The building was among the first in New York to be demolished using its own steel skeleton as the main support during the process, a technique that was new at the time. A restaurant extension had also been built beyond the legal property line, which triggered years of disputes before it was finally taken down.
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