Ansonia Apartment Hotel, Manhattan

The Ansonia opened its doors in 1903 on Broadway, between West 73rd Street and W 74th St., Manhattan. The building was practically finished by the end of 1902. It was formally opened on February 7, 1903. The building, with Beaux Arts façade and a mansard roof, was designated a New York City Landmark in 1972 and, in 1980, it was inducted to the National Register of Historic Places.

Photograph taken by Detroit Publishing Company, taken from about the West 74th Street, looking southwest, between 1902 and 1906 (source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division).