{"id":367,"date":"2014-11-28T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T13:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drivingfordeco.com\/staging\/3617\/?p=367"},"modified":"2016-02-17T19:36:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:36:18","slug":"hotel-edison-art-deco-refuge-times-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingfordeco.com\/staging\/3617\/hotel-edison-art-deco-refuge-times-square\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hotel Edison – Art Deco refuge in Times Square"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bronze\u00a0Plaque outside the 47th Street entrance. The image of Edison is a replica of the one used on\u00a0a\u00a0medallion created\u00a0by Julio Kilenyi.<\/p><\/div>\n

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So much of Times Square’s history has either been torn down or is buried under a generic world of themed restaurants and stores that it is a pleasant relief that Hotel Edison remains. It’s lobby, is a place to sit and catch your breath in a wonderful Art Deco setting. In the early 1990’s the lobby was given an Art Deco face lift, while not a restoration of it’s 1931 appearance there are enough surviving original details that can make you feel that you have stepped back into the 1930’s. The six murals that line the lobby are sensitive 1990’s creations that evoke the of WPA murals of the late 1930’s.<\/h4>\n\n\t\t