#378 The Ansonia: Only Scandals In The Building
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Ansonia Hotel
The ansonia was never going to be the waldorf astoria, but the place had a serious edge to it. In 19 o five, a friend of stokes, the racketeer al adams, known as new york's policy king for his involvement in illegal gambling, recently freed from singsing prison, announced that he was going to build a hotel twice the size of the ansonia near pennsylvania station. The money fell through, and the following year, adams shot and killed himself on the fifteenth floor of theAnsonia. An executive named edward west brought a young woman from chicago here to the ansonie, and was ensn
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