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The '''Slănic River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Bratia River]] in [[Romania]]. |
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The '''Algonquin Hotel''' is a [[Hotel#Historic hotels|historic hotel]] located at 59 West 44th Street in [[Manhattan]] ([[New York City|New York]], [[New York State|New York]]). The hotel has been designated as a New York City Historic Landmark. |
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The 174-room hotel, opened in 1902, was originally conceived as a residential hotel but was quickly converted to a traditional lodging establishment. Its first owner-manager, [[Frank Case]] (who bought the hotel in 1927), established many of the hotel's traditions. Perhaps its best-known tradition is hosting literary and theatrical notables, most prominently the members of the [[Algonquin Round Table]]. |
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* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti |
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== History == |
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* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971 |
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* ICPA - Comune vulnerabile - judeţul Argeş [http://www.icpa.ro/comune_vulnerabile/Arges/Raport%20arges.pdf] |
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The Algonquin Hotel was originally designed as an apartment hotel, whose owner planned to rent rooms and suites on year-long leases.<ref>{{cite book |
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| first =Frank |
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| title =Tales of a Wayward Inn |
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| publisher =Garden City Publishing Co |
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| date =1938 |
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| location = New York |
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| pages =39 |
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| isbn = }}</ref> When few leases sold, the owner decided to turn it into a hotel which he was originally going to name "The Puritan." Frank Case, upon discovering that the [[Algonquin]] tribe had been the first residents of the area, convinced the owner to christen it "The Algonquin" instead.<ref>Case 26–27</ref><ref>{{cite book |
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| last =Herrmann |
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| first =Dorothy |
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| title =With Malice Toward All: The Quips, Lives and Loves of Some Celebrated 20th-Century American Wits |
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| publisher =G. P. Putnam's Sons |
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| date =1982 |
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| location = New York |
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| pages =19 |
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| isbn = 0399127100}}</ref> |
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Case took over the lease on the hotel in 1907<ref>Case 37</ref> and bought the property on which the building sat in 1927 for USD $1,000,000.<ref>Case 189</ref> Case remained owner and manager of the hotel until his death in June 1946. In October that year, the Algonquin was purchased by Ben Bodne of [[Charleston, South Carolina]] for just over USD $1,000,000<ref>{{cite web |
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| title =Sale of a Wayward Inn |
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| publisher =TIME magazine |
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| date =1946-10-21 |
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| url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,855539,00.html |
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| accessdate = 2007-09-03 }}</ref> who undertook an extensive restoration and renovation effort.<ref>{{cite web |
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| last =Dana |
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| first =Robert |
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| title =Algonquin is Rich in Tradition |
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| publisher =Tips On Tables |
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| date =1951-04-16 |
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| accessdate = 2007-09-03 }}</ref> Bodne sold the hotel in 1987 to a group of Japanese investors and the Algonquin changed hands a number of times before ending up with [[Miller Global Properties]] in 2002. Following a two-year, USD $3,000,000 renovation,<ref>{{cite web |
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| last =Bleyer |
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| first =Jennifer |
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| title =A Child of the Algonquin Looks for a New Generation of Wits |
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| publisher =The New York Times |
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| date =2004-10-17 |
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| url =http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/dictionaryarticles2.html |
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| accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref> the hotel was sold again in 2005 to [[HEI Hospitality]].<ref>{{cite web |
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| title =The Historic Algonquin Hotel Sold By Cushman & Wakefield |
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| publisher =Cushman & Wakefield |
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| date =2005-09-21 |
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| url =http://www.cushwake.com/cwglobal/jsp/newsDetail.jsp?repId=ca2000124&LanId=EN&LocId=GLOBAL |
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==The Alqonquin Round Table== |
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In June 1919 the hotel became the site of the daily meetings of the [[Algonquin Round Table]], a group of journalists, authors, publicists, and actors who gathered to exchange [[bon mot]]s over lunch in the main dining room.<ref>{{cite web |
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| last =Fitzpatrick |
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| first =Kevin C. |
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| title =History of the Round Table |
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| accessdate = 2007-09-03 }}</ref> The group met almost daily for the better part of ten years. Some of the core members of the "Vicious Circle" included [[Robert Benchley]], [[Heywood Broun]], [[Marc Connelly]], [[Jane Grant]], [[Ruth Hale (feminist)|Ruth Hale]], [[George S. Kaufman]], [[Neysa McMein]], [[Dorothy Parker]], [[Harold Ross]], [[Robert E. Sherwood]] and [[Alexander Woollcott]]. |
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== Hotel traditions == |
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The hotel has a tradition of keeping a cat that has the run of the hotel. The practice dates to the 1930s, when Frank Case took in a stray. Hotel lore says actor [[John Barrymore]] suggested the cat needed a theatrical name, so he was called ''Hamlet''. Decades later, whenever the hotel has a male he carries on the name; females are named ''Matilda''. The current Algonquin cat, a Matilda, is a [[Ragdoll]] who was named 2006 cat of the year at the Westchester (New York) Cat Show. Visitors can spot Matilda on her personal [[chaise longue]] in the lobby; she can also be found in her favorite places: behind the computer on the front desk, or lounging on a baggage cart. The doormen feed her and the general manager's executive assistant answers Matilda's e-mail.<ref>{{cite web |
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| title =The Algonquin Hotel's Feline Celebrity |
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| publisher =NPR.org |
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| date =2006-07-29 |
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| accessdate = 2007-10-21}}</ref> |
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Although the Algonquin was "dry" even before [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] (Case closed the hotel bar in 1917<ref>Case 172</ref> and had harsh words for those who ran [[speakeasy|speakeasies]]<ref>Case 175–7</ref>), nevertheless the hotel does have an eponymous cocktail, composed of [[rye whiskey]], [[Noilly Prat]] and [[pineapple]] juice.<ref>{{cite web |
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| last =Rose |
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| first =Anthony |
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| title =101 cocktails that shook the world #17: The Algonquin |
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| publisher =The Independent (London) |
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| accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref> More recently, a newer drink has hit the Algonquin's menu, the "[[Martini]] on the Rock," consisting of a martini of the buyer's choice with a single piece of "ice," a [[diamond]], at the bottom of the glass.<ref>{{cite web |
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| title =A $10,000 Martini at the Algonquin Hotel |
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| date =2006-07-29 |
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In keeping with Frank Case's long-standing tradition of sending popovers and celery to the more impoverished members of the Round Table, the Algonquin offers lunch discounts to struggling writers.<ref>{{cite web |
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| last =Bleyer |
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| first =Jennifer |
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| title =A Child of the Algonquin Looks for a New Generation of Wits |
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| publisher =The New York Times |
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| date =2004-10-17 |
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| url =http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/dictionaryarticles2.html |
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| accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref> Formerly, writers on tour could stay one night at the hotel free in exchange for an autographed copy of their book<ref>{{cite web |
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| last =Iovine |
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| first =Julie V. |
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| title =Algonquin, at Wits' End, Retrofits |
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| publisher =New York Times |
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| date =1998-05-28 |
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| url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E1DC1238F93BA15756C0A96E958260&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=print |
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| accessdate = 2007-09-13 }}</ref> although the practice has been discontinued. |
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==Landmark status== |
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The Algonquin Round Table, as well as the number of other literary and theatrical greats who lodged there, helped earn the hotel its status as a New York City Historic Landmark. The hotel was so designated in 1987.<ref>{{Citation |
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| last =Heller Anderson |
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| first =Susan |
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| title =City Makes It Official: Algonquin is Landmark |
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| newspaper =New York Times |
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| year =1987 |
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| date =09-20 |
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| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DE1E38F933A1575AC0A961948260 |
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| accessdate = 2007-10-21 }}</ref> In 1996 the hotel was designated a National Literary Landmark by the [[Friends of Libraries USA]]. The organization's bronze plaque is attached to the front of the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |
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| title =1996 dedications |
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== References == |
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==Bibliography== |
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* James R. Gaines, ''Wit's End: Days and Nights of the Algonquin Round Table'' (New York: Harcourt, 1977). |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.algonquinhotel.com Official hotel site] |
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* [http://algonquinroundtable.org/ Algonquin Round Table site] |
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The Slănic River is a tributary of the Bratia River in Romania.
References
- Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
- Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
- ICPA - Comune vulnerabile - judeţul Argeş [1]
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