A dream that would be difficult to re-create, especially since the building has been demolished.
A reader generously submitted a comment below with a picture of his or her mother in front of the hotel in 1943. I thought I'd incorporate it into the post so readers can see it without cutting and pasting the link. Mom is lovely, and it's a great photo with the military man walking past and the hotel signs in the background. I'm happy to include more information about Mom if provided.
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circulating ice water? is that a/c?
ReplyDeleteWhen did they tear this down?
amazing card! it looks like the hotel is emerging from a rock face!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure when it was demolished, but it was still standing in 1959. My guess is that it was torn down in the early '70s.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, and circulating ice water is indeed A/C.
ReplyDeleteI think upon that time, there is no TV.
ReplyDeleteThe Hotel Plymouth was demolished in 1972. Here's my mom standing in front of it in 1943: http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a420/Narragansett55/DSCN6023a.jpg
ReplyDeleteHi! Thanks for posting my photo of my mother in front of the Hotel Plymouth. Also, thanks for the kind words about the photo. Her name was Florence George from Burrillville, RI. She and some friends visited New York City in August 1943. I'm not sure if she stayed at the Hotel Plymouth during that stay, but why else would she have her photo taken in front of it? Anyway, Mom was 17 when that photo was taken. She passed away in September of 1999.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Hotel Plymouth, I was in the area last October with my family and had this photo taken in about the same spot as my mother: http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a420/Narragansett55/HotelPlymouth2011.jpg
Thanks so much. I see the family resemblance, but the surroundings certainly have changed!
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