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569 Lexington Avenue
569 Lexington Avenue (originally the Summit Hotel; formerly the Loews New York Hotel, Metropolitan Hotel, and DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City) is a dormitory building and former hotel in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by architect Morris Lapidus in the Miami Modern style, in association with the firm of Harle & Liebman, the building occupies the southeastern corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street. As of 2024[update], the building is owned by Hawkins Way Capital which opened Found Study, a dormitory, on the site in 2022. The hotel building is a New York City designated landmark.
The building is 20 stories tall and stretches from west to east, with an S-shaped massing bent at two places. The hotel has a facade made of marble, turquoise glazed brick, and dark-green tile. There are storefronts along both 51st Street and Lexington Avenue. Above 569 Lexington Avenue's main entrance on Lexington Avenue is a vertical sign, consisting of ovals that originally spelled out the hotel's name. The lowest stories contained the lobby, three Latin American-themed dining areas, various shops, and meeting rooms. When the Summit Hotel opened, it contained 800 guest rooms, including 200 rooms with balconies on the upper stories.
The site was previously occupied by the Loew's Lexington Theatre, which was built in the 1910s. Loew's Theatres announced plans to replace the theater in early 1960, and a groundbreaking ceremony for the hotel took place on June 21, 1960. The Summit Hotel opened on August 1, 1961, and was Manhattan's first new hotel for short-term tenants in thirty years. When the Summit opened, its facade and interior were almost universally criticized, though the building's shape had a mixed reception. Over the years, the hotel has been renovated several times. The Summit was renamed the Loews New York Hotel in 1991 and became the Metropolitan Hotel in 2000. Loews sold the hotel in 2003 to a joint venture, which rebranded it in 2005 as part of the DoubleTree chain. RLJ Lodging Trust acquired the DoubleTree Metropolitan in 2011. The hotel was closed indefinitely in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City and was sold in 2022 to Hawkins Way Capital. A dormitory, Found Study, opened at the building in late 2022.
569 Lexington Avenue is on the southeastern corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It sits on the northwestern portion of a city block bounded by Lexington Avenue to the west, 50th Street to the south, Third Avenue to the east, and 51st Street to the north. 569 Lexington Avenue occupies a nearly rectangular land lot with an area of 32,273 sq ft (2,998.3 m2). The site has a frontage of 100 ft (30 m) on Lexington Avenue and 320 ft (98 m) on 51st Street.
The Benjamin Hotel is to the south on the same block, and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and the General Electric Building are to the west. 569 Lexington Avenue is also near the Waldorf Astoria New York to the southwest and 345 Park Avenue to the northwest. Entrances to the New York City Subway's Lexington Avenue/51st Street station, served by the 6, <6>, E, and M trains, are adjacent to the north side of the building.
The site of the Summit Hotel was previously occupied by two buildings. Much of the site was occupied by the Loew's Lexington Theater, built in the early 1910s by Oscar Hammerstein I. It was subsequently acquired by Marcus Loew of the Loews Corporation. The theater wrapped around a smaller structure at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street, which measured 100 by 50 ft (30 by 15 m). Before the theater was built, the site was occupied by the Nursery and Child's Hospital in the 19th century.
569 Lexington Avenue was designed by Morris Lapidus and the firm of Harle & Liebman as the Summit Hotel. The latter firm was composed of interior designers Abby Harle and Harold Liebman, whom Lapidus worked with until the mid-1960s. Lapidus and the Harle & Liebman firm both had separate offices in New York City and in Miami Beach, Florida. When the Summit opened in 1961, it was Lapidus's first New York City hotel, as well as Manhattan's first new hotel in three decades. It was designed in a Miami Modern style, similar to his earlier Fontainebleau Miami Beach and Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel.
The base occupies the whole lot and is one story tall at its eastern end. Since the site slopes downward to the east, the eastern part of the base is taller than the western portion. The main section of the hotel rises 15 stories and stretches from west to east, with an S-shaped massing. Lapidus wanted to maximize space in the hotel; he reasoned that a straight line was the minimum distance between two points, so he increased the hotel's length by bending its massing. Whereas a conventional hotel on the site would have been restricted to 500 rooms, Lapidus was able to fit 800 rooms in the Summit. At the time of the Summit Hotel's construction, other "unconventional" buildings like the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, TWA Flight Center, and Begrisch Hall were being built in New York City. The upper stories are freestanding on three elevations, abutting only the Girl Scouts Building to the east.
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569 Lexington Avenue
569 Lexington Avenue (originally the Summit Hotel; formerly the Loews New York Hotel, Metropolitan Hotel, and DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City) is a dormitory building and former hotel in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by architect Morris Lapidus in the Miami Modern style, in association with the firm of Harle & Liebman, the building occupies the southeastern corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street. As of 2024[update], the building is owned by Hawkins Way Capital which opened Found Study, a dormitory, on the site in 2022. The hotel building is a New York City designated landmark.
The building is 20 stories tall and stretches from west to east, with an S-shaped massing bent at two places. The hotel has a facade made of marble, turquoise glazed brick, and dark-green tile. There are storefronts along both 51st Street and Lexington Avenue. Above 569 Lexington Avenue's main entrance on Lexington Avenue is a vertical sign, consisting of ovals that originally spelled out the hotel's name. The lowest stories contained the lobby, three Latin American-themed dining areas, various shops, and meeting rooms. When the Summit Hotel opened, it contained 800 guest rooms, including 200 rooms with balconies on the upper stories.
The site was previously occupied by the Loew's Lexington Theatre, which was built in the 1910s. Loew's Theatres announced plans to replace the theater in early 1960, and a groundbreaking ceremony for the hotel took place on June 21, 1960. The Summit Hotel opened on August 1, 1961, and was Manhattan's first new hotel for short-term tenants in thirty years. When the Summit opened, its facade and interior were almost universally criticized, though the building's shape had a mixed reception. Over the years, the hotel has been renovated several times. The Summit was renamed the Loews New York Hotel in 1991 and became the Metropolitan Hotel in 2000. Loews sold the hotel in 2003 to a joint venture, which rebranded it in 2005 as part of the DoubleTree chain. RLJ Lodging Trust acquired the DoubleTree Metropolitan in 2011. The hotel was closed indefinitely in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City and was sold in 2022 to Hawkins Way Capital. A dormitory, Found Study, opened at the building in late 2022.
569 Lexington Avenue is on the southeastern corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It sits on the northwestern portion of a city block bounded by Lexington Avenue to the west, 50th Street to the south, Third Avenue to the east, and 51st Street to the north. 569 Lexington Avenue occupies a nearly rectangular land lot with an area of 32,273 sq ft (2,998.3 m2). The site has a frontage of 100 ft (30 m) on Lexington Avenue and 320 ft (98 m) on 51st Street.
The Benjamin Hotel is to the south on the same block, and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and the General Electric Building are to the west. 569 Lexington Avenue is also near the Waldorf Astoria New York to the southwest and 345 Park Avenue to the northwest. Entrances to the New York City Subway's Lexington Avenue/51st Street station, served by the 6, <6>, E, and M trains, are adjacent to the north side of the building.
The site of the Summit Hotel was previously occupied by two buildings. Much of the site was occupied by the Loew's Lexington Theater, built in the early 1910s by Oscar Hammerstein I. It was subsequently acquired by Marcus Loew of the Loews Corporation. The theater wrapped around a smaller structure at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street, which measured 100 by 50 ft (30 by 15 m). Before the theater was built, the site was occupied by the Nursery and Child's Hospital in the 19th century.
569 Lexington Avenue was designed by Morris Lapidus and the firm of Harle & Liebman as the Summit Hotel. The latter firm was composed of interior designers Abby Harle and Harold Liebman, whom Lapidus worked with until the mid-1960s. Lapidus and the Harle & Liebman firm both had separate offices in New York City and in Miami Beach, Florida. When the Summit opened in 1961, it was Lapidus's first New York City hotel, as well as Manhattan's first new hotel in three decades. It was designed in a Miami Modern style, similar to his earlier Fontainebleau Miami Beach and Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel.
The base occupies the whole lot and is one story tall at its eastern end. Since the site slopes downward to the east, the eastern part of the base is taller than the western portion. The main section of the hotel rises 15 stories and stretches from west to east, with an S-shaped massing. Lapidus wanted to maximize space in the hotel; he reasoned that a straight line was the minimum distance between two points, so he increased the hotel's length by bending its massing. Whereas a conventional hotel on the site would have been restricted to 500 rooms, Lapidus was able to fit 800 rooms in the Summit. At the time of the Summit Hotel's construction, other "unconventional" buildings like the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, TWA Flight Center, and Begrisch Hall were being built in New York City. The upper stories are freestanding on three elevations, abutting only the Girl Scouts Building to the east.