Friday at the Edison

Back in 2018, I stayed at the Hotel Edison in New York City with Christy (aka Little Miss Sunshine). According to the Hotel’s website, it “…has been setting trends in New York City’s Theater District since January 17, 1931 when Thomas Edison turned on the marquee lights.” Interestingly enough, Edison turned on the lights remotely from his home in Llewellyn Park, Orange, New Jersey by pressing a telegraph key. The inventor was 86 at the time and passed away later in the year on October 18. The Hotel Edison has been used as a location for “The Godfather” (1972), “Bullets Over Broadway” (1994), and “Birdman” (2014).



The photo below is from 1939 and shows the lobby seating area:



What appears to be a sculpture of sorts of Thomas Edison himself hung at the back of the lobby:



The bones of the lobby looked about the same when I visited, but Thomas was nowhere to be found. I wonder what happened to the piece?



A view of the check-in area from 1939:



There is no corresponding shot in my collection; I guess that’s a bucket list item on my next trip to NYC! For those younger readers out there, you might have a difficult time identifying the contraption that Christy is touching in the hallway:



See more Hotel Edison in NYC photos at my main website.