Talk:New York Biltmore Hotel

Al Smith
Al Smith was never mayor of New York. You can see this most apparently in Al Smith's Wiki page, and you can see that Smith was never mayor in Robert Caro's The Power Broker, but I will change this with a proper citation. He was, however, President of the Board of Aldermen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aecarrillo594 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Builders
According to the page on Starett, the Biltmore was built by the Starett Brothers. So who actually built the place? Dwinetsk 14:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Role In Popular Culture
According to numerous websites, the New York Biltmore Hotel is NOT the filming location for the Ghostbusters. It was the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. Since I don't know this as fact and am relying upon internet sites I am not editing the article. Martyrc (talk) 03:24, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Where is the clock now?
As it was such an institution, this info is needed to qualify the article as good. 2601:647:5800:3B60:51C9:95DE:9998:4143 (talk) 05:32, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Name
The hotel was never known as the "New York Biltmore." It was only ever referred to in official publicity and in the press as "The Biltmore." It was the first hotel in the Bowman-Biltmore chain, so it never had the city name as part of its name, like the later Atlanta Biltmore, Arizona Biltmore, Miami Biltmore, etc. Even after the Bowman-Biltmore chain ceased to exist, this hotel was called only "The Biltmore" until the day it closed. If you look on eBay, you can see matchbooks and brochures and such, and there are numerous advertisements from throughout the hotel's history easily found on Google that refer to it simply as "The Biltmore." I tried to correct that on this page, but it was reverted as being without sources. What sources would be best? I can link to some newspaper and magazine ads, etc. Looking for opinions. Thanks! jamesluckard (talk) 21:40, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, I wrote this article and named it based on available sources. If you have an argument about changing the name, please link all of your best sources, whether they be history books, news articles, brochures, or other items. ɱ  (talk) 15:38, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Here are some links to ads, matchbooks, stationery and other objects from the hotel, all using the name "The Biltmore":

https://www.trevianbooks.com/pages/books/011520/gustave-baumann-elbert-hubbard/the-biltmore-vanderbilt-and-madison-avenues-43rd-44th-streets-new-york-gustav-baumann-president https://www.loc.gov/item/musbernstein.100061268/ https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1021/8371/products/FTT9_1763_674801aa-aa90-4dfd-9112-9cb735e1e0ca.jpg?v=1571709141 http://www.oldpokerchips.com/images/NNevadaBig/NewYorkBig/BiltmorePic9.jpg http://www.oldpokerchips.com/images/NNevadaBig/NewYorkBig/BiltmorePic10.jpg http://www.oldpokerchips.com/images/NNevadaBig/NewYorkBig/BiltmorePic1.jpg https://www.trevianbooks.com/pages/books/012912/bowman-biltmore-hotels-corp/the-biltmore-at-grand-central-terminal-new-york-city-floor-plans and here are a bunch of items at eBay also using that name. You can also search "biltmore new york" at eBay to find hundreds more: https://www.ebay.com/itm/202587894787 https://www.ebay.com/itm/185146813576 https://www.ebay.com/itm/372732187844 https://www.ebay.com/itm/175217818974 https://www.ebay.com/itm/324899924185 finally, here's a photo of two brochure I own from the hotel's final years, when it was no longer part of Bowman-Biltmore: https://i.ibb.co/wLrQgD3/biltmorebrochures.jpg The hotel's name never changed from just "The Biltmore" from when it opened to when it closed. In addition, the New York Times articles cited on the page here all appear to use that name as well. Apologies for the wonky spacing.
 * BTW, My suggested terminology would be "The Biltmore (New York City)" for the page itself and then "The Biltmore" for all references to the hotel within the article. Hope that sounds good, I think it respects the proper name the business maintained throughout its life. jamesluckard (talk) 02:37, 3 April 2022 (UTC)