Subject: Re: Meet me at the Biltmore
From: Suzanne Morine (suzannem@dimensional.com)
Date: Wed Oct 03 2001 - 20:06:16 GMT
At 01:55 PM 10/3/2001 -0400, Tim wrote:
>Remember how Holden meets Sally under the clock at the Biltmore Hotel?
>For years, that was a favorite meeting place in midtown Manhattan, but
>it is gone now. For those who wonder what happened to it, an obituary
>in today's NY Times clears it up:
>
>The Times notes the death of real estate developer Seymour Milstein,
>who was noted, among other things, for "outrag[ing] city officials and
>preservationists [in 1981] by demolishing the famous Palm Court lounge
>and gilded clock at the Biltmore Hotel on Madison Avenue, after
>promising to restore them...."
I have been wondering about the Biltmore and Tim has spurred my curiosity.
The Biltmore was located on Madison, between 43rd and 44th streets.
Exterior of the hotel:
http://www.lileks.com/postcards/ny/biltmore.html
Another site (with no relevant photos) said: "The Biltmore clock was the
one referred to the phrase "Meet you under the clock," as it straddled the
gates leading to the Biltmore's central court lounge."
There was a 1985 TV movie called "Under the Biltmore Clock," based on F.
Scott Fitzgerald's short story, "Myra meets his Family."
That's all for now,
Suzanne
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