Trump Park Avenue

502 Park Avenue | also 504 Park Avenue | Upper East Side | built 2002

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  1. 1928

    Benjamin Winter Sr. opens a 35-story Park Avenue hotel that becomes the Delmonico by 1929

    Developer Benjamin Winter Sr. completed the 35-story tower in 1928 as a high-rise hotel, which first opened as the Viceroy. It was renamed the Cromwell Arms soon afterward, then became the Hotel Delmonico in 1929, when a restaurant using the Delmonico name opened inside. That restaurant was not directly connected to the original Delmonico's or to the family behind it, whose own restaurants had closed earlier in the decade.

    “The hotel originally opened as the Viceroy Hotel. It was shortly thereafter renamed the Cromwell Arms, before becoming known as the Hotel Delmonico in 1929.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1964

    August 28

    Bob Dylan meets the Beatles and Brian Epstein at the Hotel Delmonico

    On August 28, 1964, Bob Dylan visited the hotel and met the Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein, in what later accounts count among the first encounters between the artists. Later accounts say Dylan introduced the group to cannabis there. The Beatles' stay also drew large crowds of fans to the street outside, and police were needed to control access to the building.

    “On August 28, 1964, Bob Dylan met the Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein at the hotel.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1976

    May 10

    Régine opens her nightclub Regine's on the hotel's ground floor

    The French singer Régine Zylberberg bought a penthouse suite at the Delmonico in 1975, and the next year she launched Regine's, a restaurant and discotheque on the hotel's ground level. The venture cost $700,000, financed with help from a company owned by a Rothschild bank and an international insurer. Alberto Pinto designed the interior, which mixed Art Deco fretwork, mirrored rooms and a heart-shaped neon sculpture by Ron Ferri set into the dance floor. It opened to the public on May 10, 1976.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1977

    Christie's opens a big New York salesroom in the second-floor ballroom of the building

    The hotel had been converted to apartments in 1974, but some lower floors stayed in commercial use. In 1977 the auction house Christie's opened a major New York salesroom in the second-floor ballroom, a big step in its growth in the United States.

    “In 1977, Christie's established a major New York salesroom in the building's second-floor ballroom, marking a significant expansion of its presence in the United States.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 1986

    About 80 workers strike at Regine's, and the club loses patrons before closing in 1991

    In 1986 about 80 waiters, bartenders and chefs at Regine's went on strike, saying management had ignored a citywide contract negotiated the year before by the hotel workers union. The dispute was settled in 1987, though the club's crowds had thinned by then. Regine's closed in 1991, ending a run that began in 1976.

    “In 1986, about 80 waiters, bartenders, and chefs went on strike... in 1991, Regine's was closed.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2001

    The Trump Organization buys the Delmonico for $115 million and turns it into Trump Park Avenue

    Real estate investor Sarah Korein had returned the property to hotel use in 1990. The Trump Organization bought it in 2001 for $115 million and brought in architect Costas Kondylis to lead a renovation. The limestone exterior was kept while the interior was largely rebuilt, and the building reopened as Trump Park Avenue with hotel suites and condominium residences.

    “In 2001, it was purchased for $115 million by The Trump Organization, which undertook a renovation led by architect Costas Kondylis and reopened the property as Trump Park Avenue.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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