Talk:Wyndham New Yorker Hotel

Not the Best...
"Different proposals were offered for the use of the building, and in 1975 it was purchased by the Unification Church, who converted the 30th floor into individual apartments for the True Children. Under new management and following extensive renovation, the New Yorker Hotel finally re-opened its doors as a hotel on 1 June 1994. Since 2000 it has been part of the Ramada franchise. The hotel is currently undergoing another phase of major renovations as evidenced by a large stuffed Polar Bear holding a sign that reads "Please Bear Wittus"."

Is this best that anyone can do? What happened that the Unification Church passed it to the Ramada Group? Is a polar bear really the best evidence that renovations are underway?

This article is clearly written by someone who has very little knowledge of the building. You know, like maybe people would like to know the name of the architect, since it is a building of note? D'ya think?

Lame wikiality. Typical truthiness. This page is ranked higher than the official page for the hotel, which of course has more info. Your page ranking is gamed, and dishonest. You have no right to steal traffic away from better quality sites.


 * The NYT reported that the hotel is now opened and still owned by the UC. Referenced in the article.  Please put more info in. I will see if I can find the name of the architect. Steve Dufour (talk) 03:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I added name of architect (with reference) in response to unsigned comment above. I also added the infobox. Canadian2006 (talk) 15:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I have an old post card of The Hotel New Yorker that states rates are $3.50 a day and up, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.23.81.17 (talk) 22:29, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Resolved recent COI issue
please see edit notes on main article; reworded a couple words to make more objective; and removed last line, as it was an unsubstantiated claim with no citation Artemis84 (talk) 22:21, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Reference link changed
Currently, the fifth reference, "NewYorkerHotel.com - History", points to a non-existent link: http://newyorkerhotel.com/about/history.html. The new link is : http://www.newyorkerhotel.com/nyh-history. If someone would be kind enough to update where necessary, it would be appreciated. Tozzano Michael (talk) 02:22, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Direct access to subway station
I remember that when I visited the hotel in the 1960s it had direct access to the subway station. Does anyone have information on this/RichardBond (talk) 02:09, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Illegal use in 1992
I was a guest of this hotel in 1992 (2 years before reopening) by a friend recommodation and one of the hotel crew tried to convert me, so probable they used it as an illegal hotel.

Tesla coil
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 * This article completely glossed over the fact that Tesla installed his Tesla Coil machine which supplied full free energy to power this entire hotel and over 35,ooo homes. After his death, it was removed and "disappeared" to continue to hide this technology from the general population.

The comment does not belong in the article itself. However, regardless of whether this is true, it requires a reliable source. Epicgenius (talk) 18:14, 15 June 2021 (UTC)