St. Cloud Hotel, New York. Westminster Hotel, New York.
Cosmopolitan Hotel, New York. Hotel Brunswick, New York

St. Cloud Hotel, New York. Westminster Hotel, New York.
Cosmopolitan Hotel, New York. Hotel Brunswick, New York

This primary source is from Asher and Adams Atlas set and gives an overview of four of the newest and most luxurious hotels in New York City in 1875 and demonstrates how progression of the period was clearly represented in hotels. For example, the St. Cloud Hotel provides the latest technology with an elevator, steam heat, hot and cold water but also attractive amenities such as a barber shop and Billard room. The Cosmopolitan Hotel contained a telegraph office, railroad ticket office, barber shop and news office to provide ultimate convenience for customers. The primary locations of all of these hotels also served as an attractive selling point. For example, the Westminster Hotel was in walking distance to Gramercy Park, Broadway and the Academy of Music. This source provides a perspective of what was considered new and attractive to travelers in this time period. Travelers were looking to have as many amenities at their fingertips as they could, and they wanted to be surrounded by all of the comforts necessary to feel like they could escape from the city within their hotel. This is a common theme in Martin Dressler’s character as he is an expert of combining the new and the old, the exotic and familiar.

Asher & Adams Atlas

Asher & Adams. "St. Cloud Hotel, New York. Westminster Hotel, New York. Cosmopolitan Hotel, New York. Hotel Brunswick, New York. (1875)." (1875): LUNA Commons. Web. 14 Nov. 2015.

LUNA Commons

http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~35837~1201323

12/11/15

Theresa Patti

1875