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The Lombardy Hotel
New York City, New York, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
William Randolph Hearst bought The Lombardy in 1929, two years after it opened, and Marion Davies soon made its rooms a setting for extravagant parties. The hotel still lives halfway between private residence and public address: permanent owners share Farrar & Watmough's Renaissance-tinged tower with travelers, and individually furnished studios and apartments replace chain repetition. Central Park begins a few blocks north, but the real pleasure is sleeping inside a living Midtown co-op with a Hearst chapter.
- Opened 1927
- Neighborhood: Midtown East
- Architect: Farrar & Watmough
About The Lombardy Hotel
- Developer Henry Mandel commissioned Farrar & Watmough to design the 21-story residential hotel, completed in 1927 with apartments ranging from one to seven rooms.
- Early residents could reserve furnished guest rooms for visiting friends, a hospitable arrangement that anticipated the building's present mix of private apartments and hotel stays.
- The Lombardy became a cooperative in 1957, so today's hotel rooms retain the differing tastes and layouts of individual owners.
History
Henry Mandel developed The Lombardy as an upscale residential hotel, completed in 1927 to designs by Farrar & Watmough. William Randolph Hearst purchased it for about $4 million in 1929, and the building became a cooperative in 1957 while retaining hotel operations.
The setting
The Lombardy occupies 111 East 56th Street between Park and Lexington avenues in Midtown East, a short walk from Fifth Avenue and Central Park.
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