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1794 City Hotel New York and
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In 1794 the City Hotel opened in New York City. It is said that it was the
first building in America specially built for the purpose of being a hotel. With
73 rooms it was considered a very large property. New
York was at the time a booming town of approx 30,000. The City Hotel beside
accommodation offered meeting rooms and with such became the social center of
the city as it opened its doors.
Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia
followed suit by opening similar establishments.
These hotels became quickly a fashionable meeting place. America's
highly mobile society finally had found the needed setting for gatherings.
New York's first skyscraper was the six story Adelphi Hotel.
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