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The old Murray Hill Hotel

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The hotel's Park Avenue entrance, a few years before it was pulled down.1935The old Murray Hill HotelPark Avenue, 40th to 41st Street
The hotel's Park Avenue entrance, a few years before it was pulled down.1935 · Berenice Abbott / The New York Public Library

A Victorian hotel of 1884 that Nick strolls past on his way from the Yale Club to his train. The novel has him walk down Madison Avenue, but the hotel faced Park Avenue, a block east. It was demolished in 1947.

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Demolished in 1947: an office tower fills the block of Park Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets. Subway: Grand Central–42 St.

Where to find itPark Avenue, 40th to 41st Street
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