Pabst Hotel under Construction, 42nd Street, Broadway

Original title: The Pabst Hotel, W. 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway, New York City, 1899. Source: Robert L. Bracklow photograph collection, New-York Historical Society. Photo taken from the southeast corner of Broadway and West 42nd Street.

The old nine-story Pabst Hotel occupied the north side of 42nd Street, between Broadway and 7th Avenue (1469 Broadway / 603 Seventh Avenue / 153 42nd St.), on part of the site where the Times Building was erected in 1904.

Pabst Hotel building was constructed from October 1898 to November 11, 1899. Signs of the forms: Lewinson & Just Engineers & Contractors, Robinson and Wallace Builders, Milton Schnaier & Co. plumbing contractors.

The building stood on the site early 1903, when it was demolished to make way for the Times Building.

The old Victoria Theater was also under construction on the corner of West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. This theater was sold in 1915. After a partly demolition, the Rialto Theatre opened in the same place. The entire structure was demolished 19 years later.