Mae West: March 1927

During the infamous "Sex" trial in March-April 1927, MAE WEST was living in Manhattan at an apartment hotel near Daly's 63rd Street Theatre.
• • Built in 1927 by Emery Roth, the Mayflower Hotel [15 Central Park West at W. 61st Street] overlooked Central Park on one side and Broadway on the other. Rising to a height of 195 feet, the 15-story hotel offered spectacular views of Columbus Circle and beyond.
• • Other actors had followed Mae West into the lobby. Before Robert DeNiro moved to Tribeca, he lived at the Mayflower Hotel. DeNiro's buddy Joe Pesci also called the Mayflower home once. And when he starred in the Broadway production of "Sugar Babies," Mickey Rooney stayed there for a while - - before moving to a livelier hostelry.
• • Since 1987, the "modernized" building - - stripped of its original terracotta ornamentation - - had squatted on an entire city block [zipcode 10023] bounded by Central Park West and Broadway between West 61st and West 62nd, a red flag tempting bullish developers and the bulldozers they live for.
• • In 2005, the hotel on Central Park West was demolished leaving a hefty 1.3-acre parcel open to speculation.
• • Now word comes that Denzel Washington and Sting have bought apartments at the new building being constructed at 15 Central Park West.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West's former home • • circa 1938 • •
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