'New York’s Grand Hotels of the Early 19th Century' Webinar

Tickets: $12 (includes access to the full replay for one week)

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Beginning in the 1830s, opulent hotels started appearing in Manhattan that would eventually pave the way for famous hostelries like the Plaza, St. Regis, and Waldorf-Astoria to take root. These marble-fronted urban palaces established New York as a world-class city for visitors from Europe — here, royalty, presidents, opera and literary stars, and other international figures were catered to with the finest of cuisine and latest amenities. It's time to uncover the early New York hotels at the forefront of luxury, decades before the dawn of the Gilded Age.

Join New York Adventure Club as we explore some of Manhattan's luxurious early 19th-century hotels, both inside and out, where wealthy and titled guests were pampered with luxury, excess, and the latest technological innovations.

Led by historian Tom Miller, our unique exploration will include:

• The Astor House, erected by John Jacob Astor I in 1836 and where Abraham Lincoln addressed New Yorkers in 1861
• The integral role these hotels played in the nefarious Confederate plot to burn New York City to the ground
• The Fifth Avenue Hotel where the 19-year-old Prince of Wales played leapfrog in the hallways
• The Broadway Central Hotel, the favorite of "Diamond" Jim Brady and Lillian Russell, and where millionaire Jim Fisk was murdered in 1872
• The Metropolitan Hotel and its famed ballroom, which hosted the wedding reception of Tom Thumb and his bride Lavinia Warren in 1863
• Which hotel contained a white satin-walled Bridal Chamber
• Decorations that set these hotels apart, including acres of custom carpeting, rosewood and mahogany furniture imported from Paris, costly artworks, and staggering amounts of silver and glassware
• The remarkable technologies inside these hotels, such as running hot and cold water, en-suite bathrooms, and on-site plants that converted coal tar to lighting gas (with occasional explosions)
• Fascinating stories of these hotels and others

Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Tom — any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged!
Can't make it live? Don't worry, you'll have access to the full replay for one week!
See you there, virtually!

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About Tom
Architectural and social historian Tom Miller is the author of Seeking New York, Seeking Chicago, as well as the popular blog “Daytonian in Manhattan.” Since 2009 Tom has published a blog post on a different Manhattan location every day — now totaling nearly 4,000.
His research and reporting focus as much on the social histories of the buildings — the tragedies and sorrows, triumphs and scandals of the people who built and lived in the houses — as on their architecture and styles.
Tom Miller’s retelling of these stories make the buildings come alive; and suddenly they are more than brick, marble, and limestone, but the histories of real people.

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