The Shelton Hotel. Lexington Avenue between East 48th to 49th Street NY

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Shelton Hotel, now Marriott East Side Hotel 525 Lexington Avenue, southeast corner East 49th Street Arthur Loomis Harmon, 1922-23The Shelton was one of the most heralded buildings of the 1920s and is the first great monument to New York City’s 1916 zoning code. Critic George S. Chappell exulted in architect Arthur Loomis Harmon’s “romantic and thrilling achievement” it was such a striking presence on the New York skyline that it inspired a series of masterful paintings by artist Georgia O’Keefe. The building was commissioned by James T. Lee, a prominent New York builder, also responsible for such luxury apartment buildings as 740 Park Avenue and 998 Fifth Avenue.