Gilsey House, 29th Street and Broadway 1928
The old Gilsey House on Broadway and 29th Street (right) as a fully commercial building in 1928. In 1912, the old hotel was converted into an office building. In 1915, Samstag & Hilder Brothers leased the Gilsey House property from Rube R. Fogel.
Photograph by Percy Loomis Sperr (1890-1964), known for his street photography of New York City for the New York Public Library, from 1925 to the early 1940s.
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Gilsey House, 29th Street and Broadway 1928