8. Pabst Grand Circle Hotel
None of the Victorian-style buildings that once defined Columbus Circle survive today. Another of Pabst’s lost New York City hotels was among them, the Pabst Grand Circle Hotel. The Hotel and the Majestic Theatre were built for the Pabst Brewing Company in 1903. The sign in the above photo advertises Majestic Theatre’s production of “Babes in Toyland.”
The complex was demolished in 1954 and replaced by the New York Coliseum, a convention center that was in turn demolished in 2000. In the construction of the Coliseum, 59th Street was eliminated between Broadway and Columbus Avenue, a street pattern that continues until this day. Today, this is the site of the Time Warner Center.