2109 Broadway - Ansonia Hotel
aka 2101-2107 Broadway; 2111-2119 Broadway; 221 - 247 West 73rd Street; 214 - 230 West 74th Street
2109 Broadway (Ansonia Hotel)
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Date: 1899-1904
Type: Apartment-Hotel
Architect: Paul E. M. DuBoy
Developer/Owner/Builder: William Earl Dodge Stokes
NYC Landmarks Designation:Â Individual Landmark
Landmark Designation Report: Ansonia Hotel
Primary Style: French Beaux-Arts
Façade (primary material): Brick
Stories: 17 with basement
This apartment-hotel in the grand French Beaux Arts style occupies the entire blockfront on the west side of Broadway between 73rd and 74th Streets. Â It rises on its conspicuous site to a height of seventeen stories. Â Built at the turn of the century, with over three hundred suites, it was at that time one of the largest apartment-hotels in the world. Â The Ansonia is a symbol of an era of opulence and elegance and still stands as one of the truly grand buildings of Manhattan’s West Side. Â