City - New York, NY - The Eastern Hotel 1915 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
City - New York, NY - The Eastern Hotel 1915 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1915
Original title: Eastern Hotel
Photographer: Bain News
Location: 61 Whitehall St, (Whitehall St & South St)
It's weird, but I couldn't find out why they shot this, Bain News did newspaper work, so there was often an article that went with it if you looked hard enough. The best I was able to find was that each year or so, they would have some kind of tea party get together to celebrate another year open.
They took two photos, about 2 minutes apart, I flipped them back and forth to see certain things stayed still the whole time, weirdly one guy on the corner never moved.
When I have images that are nearly identical, I like to take a little from each one to make a better composite and tell a more complete story. Usually I don't have that choice. In this case, I really liked the center panel, the one on the left seemed empty and under balanced, I liked that wagon making the turn. Construction is kind of boring.
But I liked the open parts of the one on the left, so I took that part of it. I removed a tall overlapping wagon, and in its place ended up with a magazine stand and barkeep cleaning his doors. I also liked the guy at the soda wagon, it adds a little more story to the image. Like how he moved bottles, it wasn't easy. The guy in the ice wagon was also stabbing at ice in one of them. So I left both versions so you can see them both as they were.
Also note all the saloon style doors. They used that to let in more light and air, but what they did in the winter I have no idea.
The hotel was built in 1822, was named the Eastern hotel after a large steamship, but it was razed in 1963, and replaced by tall buildings. It stood opposite of the terminal building which is still there today.
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October 27th, 2021
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