Libby's Hotel and Baths
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 252: Hotel History: Libby’s Hotel and Baths
Stanley Turkel | August 3, 2021
by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: Libby’s Hotel and Baths, New York, N.Y. In the late 1920s, the stock market was soaring, businesses were enjoying record profits and developers were constructing new buildings at a rapid pace. Mortgage companies began offering mortgage-backed securities, a new type of investment. One of the new buildings was the 12-story Libby's Hotel and Baths, built in 1926 at the corner of Chrystie and Delancey Streets in New York's lower east side. It was the first all-Jewish luxury hotel with an ornate swimming pool, modern gym, Russian-Turkish baths and lounges open to the entire community. The devel...
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