Guess the date! Right, 1927.

"The exterior of the structure is clad in brick and features Regency-styled ornamentation that includes medallions, garlanded panels, and a row of finials along the parapet. The lobby and many of the public interior spaces were decorated in the Italian Renaissance Revival style." It's like an AI generated description of every American hotel in the 20s. Because it is.

In the 1940s a murder took place on the 7th floor of the building, two men, reportedly competing for a woman and one of them was stabbed.