371 Seventh Ave
1929, Murgatroyd & Ogden with George B. Post & Sons

Originally the Governor Clinton Hotel, this 25-story brick and stone structure was the second hotel built in the vicinity of Pennsylvania Station. Like its predecessor, the Hotel Pennsylvania, it had an underground tunnel connecting it with the train station and subway. A mixture of Romanesque and Northern Italianate style, it features a stone base, double-height arcades, and setbacks with crenelated cornices on the upper floors. It was designed by Everett F. Murgatroyd and Palmer H. Ogden, in association with George B. Post, who established their firm in 1922 and specialized in hotels. One of their most renowned works is the Barbizon Hotel for Women, a NYC Landmark. The hotel also had two major event spaces on its second floor, the Governor's Room and the Florentine Dining Room. Then-governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt inaugurated the Governor's Room at the hotel's opening dinner, which was also attended by his predecessor Al Smith, and New York Mayor Jimmy Walker.