Sadly it seems that the Roosevelt has fallen victim to the pandemic economy. Salinger and William Shawn who would meet there, creating the notion of meet me under the clock at the Biltmore. These all exist today in one form or another – evidently the only original piece of the Biltmore remaining is the clock made famous by J.D. For sale on eBay at the time of publication.Īmong the Manhattan hotels at the time those would have been the Biltmore, Roosevelt and the Commodore. Historic photo of the interior of Biltmore Hotel NYC. I have fond memories of joining folks for drinks at the Biltmore in Santa Barbara, a beautiful spot overlooking the ocean, back in the in pre-pandemic years. (However, it would appear John died in Manhattan, at the age of 56 after an unfortunate gallstone operation.) Collection.īiltmore hotels, both a part of this empire and others which have evidently just taken the name, proliferate worldwide even today. New York Biltmore Hotel, via an early postcard in the Columbia Library collection.Ī Canadian by birth, John McEntee Bowman learned the hotel business working at Holland House in New York and in 1913 purchased his first Biltmore hotel ultimately building it into one of the most recognized hotel chains in the world. A quick search reveals that Bowman Hotels were part of the Biltmore-Bowman chain, Biltmore being a more recognizable name for me. The back of this little missive declares that it was Compliments of Bowman Hotels. (Past Patti posts highlighting our history, some family photos and including a lovely pair of earrings – which incidentally I was wearing Christmas Day – can be found here and here.) Although Patti largely stays with my mom these days, she also has an ancestral home nearby which disgorges the occasional family tidbit. Pam’s Pictorama Post: This Christmas my cousin Patti handed me this little book which had belonged I believe, to her grandfather, my great grandfather.
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