The Greystone Explained
The Greystone, also known as the Greystone Hotel is a fourteen-story building at 212-218 West 91st Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Samuel and Henry A. Blumenthal bought the property from the Astor estate in 1922 with marketing beginning two years later.[1] It was designed by the architectural firm of Schwartz & Gross.[2]
The building is currently in residential use and the former ballroom has since been a series of restaurants including Polistina's and Big Daddy's.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Among its notable residents was
Notes and References
- Web site: Greystone Hotel . www.waltergrutchfield.net . 20 April 2021.
- Book: Salwen . Peter . Upper West Side Story: A History and Guide . 1989 . Abbeville Press . 978-0-89659-894-2 . 341 . 20 April 2021 . en.
- Book: Story . Richard David . That's Italian . 24 September 1990 . New York Magazine . 30 . 20 April 2021 . en.
- News: Acuity Capital 212 West 91st Street Natixis . 20 April 2021 . The Real Deal New York . 3 August 2018.
- News: West Side Rag ยป Update: UWS Big Daddy's Restaurant Plans to Close, Then Reopen as a Fine-Dining Restaurant; Here's the 'Official Statement' . 20 April 2021 . www.westsiderag.com . 20 February 2019.
- News: Shutler . Natalie . Home Shrunken Home . 20 April 2021 . The New York Times . 20 February 2015.
- News: Gross . Jane . RUNNER, 69, LIVES LIFE IN THE PARK . 20 April 2021 . The New York Times . 4 November 1985.
