10th Avenue Pointed Hotel

New York, NY - jack - Sunday, June 29th, 2008 : goo

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On the corner of tenth avenue and i think 14th street there was a hotel which had an unusual shape, it came to a point. there was at some point in time a bar on the ground floor and before that it was a house of prostitution and i believe during the bar years. it was also a drug den for awhile and i remember once seeing the police raid the joint. i always went to the empire diner up the street for a late snack at midnight and would notice the action at that pointed corner. then down to the market diner for another snack at 4am and watch the hookers jumping up and down on the running boards of the 18 wheelers looking to make a couple of bucks off the tired truck drivers. i saw this building and it is supposed to be that hotel although no one knows the history of it. funny how they make replicas of nyc streets and don't really know the history. i should take a trip into the city and take photos of the places and joints that i know stories of, some are interesting.

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