This Holiday Inn on 57th St. in New York City is advertised as the "flagship" of Holiday Inns, but I'm not sure why. Sure, it's got a lot of rooms, and it's in the biggest city where "The World's Innkeeper" has inns, but I don't think it was that awesome.
I'm including the card as a tip 'o the hat to a best friend from high school, with whom I made a trip to NYC for the first time in 1980. We had a great time, leaving on a 3:00am Greyhound bus from Portland, ME, for the long weekend. After a few years, we drifted apart, but managed to reconnect last weekend for dinner after about 30 years. Somewhat disappointed in ourselves for letting so much time slip by, I think we'll keep in better touch now!
It's still there today as a Holiday Inn, and the buildings that were there on either side are still there, although they didn't show up in the idealized postcard illustration above!
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3 comments:
It's a shame the old sign is gone.
I stayed here on my last visit to NYC. Had a fantastic view, but it came with a price: exceptionally slow, small elevators!
Hello Max,
I miss this Holiday Inn in New york. This is really strange, no one of the french magazine I read before my travel even mentionned him, what a pity.
It's a touching story… after 30 years, I really hope you will stay in touch.
Grace
This is a lovely post. I have only been to NYC twice, a year after the towers fell.
It was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I was amazed at the progress they'd made cleaning things up by one year's time.
I would love to visit there again.
Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!
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