From its opening in 1904 on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, the St. Regis New York has served as a gathering place for world-builders, change-makers, and legendary artists and musicians. Timeless stories have always happened there. St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth spotlights the themes, ideas, characters, and true tales that make hotels vital centers of culture, intrigue and innovation, and make the St. Regis New York–with its peerless narrative–inimitable, iconic and unforgettable.
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From its opening in 1904 on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, the St. Regis New York has served as a gathering place for world-builders, change-makers, and legendary artists and musicians. Timeless stories have always happened there. St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth spotlights the themes, ideas, characters, and true tales that make hotels vital centers of culture, intrigue and innovation, and make the St. Regis New York–with its peerless narrative–inimitable, iconic and unforgettable.
To fully understand the St. Regis New York, you must not only understand its founder, John Jacob Astor IV—you must understand his mother, too. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor’s influence over power, social standing, society and culture in turn-of-the-century Manhattan was more than outsized. To a certain set, it was as consequential as the law itself. Brad Wulff, Global Brand Director for St. Regis Hotels and Resorts, is joined by authors and historians Cecelia Tichi and Lesley Blume to discuss the rise and rule of the original American influencer, and the mark she left on what a hotel can be. Plus, author Ted Thompson shares his elevator story.
St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth
From its opening in 1904 on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, the St. Regis New York has served as a gathering place for world-builders, change-makers, and legendary artists and musicians. Timeless stories have always happened there. St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth spotlights the themes, ideas, characters, and true tales that make hotels vital centers of culture, intrigue and innovation, and make the St. Regis New York–with its peerless narrative–inimitable, iconic and unforgettable.
