Triumph Hotels

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Triumph Hotels
TypeHotel collection, business
IndustryHospitality
HeadquartersNew York City
Number of locations
6
Area served
New York City
Key people
Gerald Barad and Shimmie Horn (co-owners)
ProductsHotels
Websitewww.triumphhotels.com/home/
The Hotel Edison in New York City, as seen from 515 Madison Ave – December 5, 1933
Belleclaire

Triumph Hotels is a collection of historic boutique hotels located in New York City[1] which includes the Hotel Belleclaire (a designated landmark in Manhattan),[2] The Iroquois Hotel and the Hotel Edison, among others.[3] Famous past guests have included James Dean,[4] Abraham Lincoln[5] and Mark Twain.[6] The hotel brand is co-owned by Gerald Barad and Shimmie Horn.[7]

History and famous guests[]

James Dean lived in the Iroquois (which now features The James Dean Suite),[8] which also served as the headquarters of The National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professionals in 1949.[9] The seminal British punk band the Clash wrote the song Rock the Casbah while staying at the Iroquois.[10]

Hotel Edison's namesake Thomas Edison turned on the lights at the hotel's grand opening and both the building and its restaurants have since been featured in several films, including The Godfather, Bullets Over Broadway and Birdman.[11]

In November 2017 the Hotel Chandler[12] was shut down and converted into the area's first homeless shelter for New York City families.[13]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Triumph Hotels owner Shimmie Horn offered clinical pathologist Eldad Hod a place to stay at the Belleclaire Hotel indefinitely while working on a cure for the virus.[14]

During the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the rooms in the Hotel Belleclaire were converted[15] into housing for the homeless in a contract between the City and the Hotel Association of New York City (HANYC)[16].[17] The move created a clash between the homeless population and the residents of the Upper West Side neighborhood.[18] Many of the homeless residents were moved out of the hotel in August, 2021.[19]

Hotels[]

  • The Iroquois New York (opened in 1900)[20]
  • The Frederick Hotel (originally known as The Cosmopolitan Hotel – Tribeca; built in the 19th Century)[21]
  • The Evelyn (built in 1903)[22]
  • The Hotel Belleclaire (built in 1903)
  • The Washington Jefferson (originated before World War II as two hotels)
  • The Hotel Edison (built in 1931)[23]

References[]

  1. ^ Oates, Greg (February 25, 2014). "Interview: New York City's Newest Boutique Hotel Brand Is Banking on Neighborhood Appeal". Skift. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Milton, Michael (January 12, 2018). "Hotel Belleclaire: A Dowager on the Rise". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "NYC: Meet Manhattan's Six 'New' Hotels". Bisnow. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Riedel, Michael. "James Dean's New York: How the city shaped the rebel". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  5. ^ Fodor's New York City 2014. Fodor's. 2013. p. 522. ISBN 9780770432126. Retrieved July 11, 2018. Abraham Lincoln cosmopolitan hotel new york.
  6. ^ "Hotel Belleclaire". New York Magazine. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  7. ^ Hotels, Gerald Barad, Triumph. "LEADERS Interview with Gerald Barad, Co-Owner, Triumph Hotels". www.leadersmag.com. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "James Dean's New York: How the city shaped the rebel – NY Daily News". nydailynews.com. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  9. ^ Turkel, Stanley (October 18, 2011). Built to Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New York. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781463443405.
  10. ^ "Rock the Casbah from the Iroquois Hotel – Left Justified".
  11. ^ Heney, Paul. "Hotel Edison Still Electrifies Times Square". Travel Pulse. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  12. ^ "Hotel Chandler, New York, New York, United States – Hotel Review". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  13. ^ Krisel, Brendan (November 17, 2017). "Upscale Midtown Hotel To Become Homeless Shelter, City Says". Patch. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  14. ^ Goldrich, Lois. "Right doctor for the right time". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "West Side Rag » Hotel Belleclaire Being Used as Temporary Shelter to Protect Homeless People from Covid-19 Spread". www.westsiderag.com. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  16. ^ "West Side Rag » Updated: 'Homeless Hotels' Booked by City for Another Six Months; 'Shelters Not Yet Safe'; 'Lucerne Men Will Move'". www.westsiderag.com. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  17. ^ Cohen, Alice Eve. "My homeless hotel neighbors: What it's been like living in the Upper West Side's Belleclaire". nydailynews.com. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  18. ^ "West Side Rag » Neighborhood Splits Over New Homeless Hotel Residents; Police, Homeless Men and Opponents Weigh In". www.westsiderag.com. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  19. ^ Greene, Josephine Stratman, Leonard. "Homeless, advocates decry move from Upper West Side hotel to Queens hotel with broken elevator". nydailynews.com. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  20. ^ "History | Midtown Manhattan Boutique Hotel | The Iroquois". www.iroquoisny.com. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  21. ^ "9 NYC Hotels Getting Major Transformations This Year". Curbed NY. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  22. ^ "History | Boutique Hotels New York | The Evelyn Hotel". www.theevelyn.com. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  23. ^ Panchyk, Richard (2010). New York City Skyscrapers. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738572963.
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