6. The New Yorker Hotel Was Always Equipped with the Latest Technological Advances

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When it opened on January 2nd, 1930, the New Yorker Hotel equipped every hotel room with a radio. In 1948, the hotel had the most televisions within a single building in the world. There were “Protecto-Ray UV lights in the bathrooms” for sanitization starting in 1941 – with the added benefit of having all treated bathrooms sealed with cellophane!

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Even the layout of the bank was acclaimed for its forward thinking thoughtfulness towards women customers. The February 1930 edition of Metalcraft magazine devoted a long feature to the New Yorker Hotel’s and included the following:

The banking layout well illustrates the growing importance of women in the financial world…A special room has been provided for the use of women having desks and other conveniences to enable them to complete business papers with dispatch as well as privacy.