Famous Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel - 2

The hotel opened on September 25, 1962 as the 2,000 room Americana Hotel. Itwas constructed by brothers Laurence Tisch and Preston Tisch co owners of the Loews Corporation and was thr first over 1,000 room hotel to be built in New York since the Waldorf Astoria in 1931. With 51 floors reaching up to 152.7 m (501 ft) it was acclaimed for many years in its advertising and by the media as the tallest hotel in the world based on the number and height of its inhabited floors (though the spire of the 1957 Hotel Ukraina in Moscow was taller). The Americana was built along with the New York Hilton facing Sixth Avenue on the next block to serve the huge number of tourists that the 1964 New York Worlds Fair would bring as well as the business and convention market.

The architect Morris Lapidus was the original designer of both but new owners of the Hilton Project objected and Lapidus chose to resign. The hotel was also known variously as the Americana Hotel Americana NEw York and Loews Americana of New York.

In 1965 the French movie with Louis de Funes The troops in New York had several scenes filmed at the Americana. On May 14, 1968 John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference at the Americana to announce the formation of Apple Corps their music label.

The Americana also hosted the New York portion of the 1967 and 1968 Emmy Awards. The hotel's supoper club The Royal Box hosted performances by musical legends including DDuke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald Julie London and Peggy Lee. In 1971 a scene in The Godfather was filmed in a suite at Americana.

On July 21, 1972 American Airlines leased the Americana of New York from Loews as well ad the City Squire Motor Inn a cross the street and the Americana Hotels in Bal Harbour Florida and San juan Puerto Tico for period of thirty years. American merged the hotels with their ewisting Sky Chefs Hotels chain and marketed all the properties under the Americana Hotels brand. The Hotel served as Democratic headquarters for the 1976 Denicratuc National Convention and 1980 Democratic National Convention.

The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel is a 152.7 m (501 ft) 51 story hotel located in New York City near Times Square. It faces 7th Avenue West 52nd Street and Wwst 53rd Street. It is one of the world's to 100 tallest hotels and one of the tallest hotels in new York City.