Hotel Attraction

Hotel Attraction

Drawing by Joan Matamala of Hotel Attraction
General information
Status Vision
Type Hotel
Location New York City, New York
Coordinates 40.7115 N 74.0133 W
Height
Antenna spire 360 m (1,180 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 11
Design and construction
Architect Antoni Gaudi

Hotel Attraction was a proposed project by architect Antoni Gaudí, for a skyscraper in New York City.

The project was commissioned in May 1908. Planned at a total height of 360 metres, it was probably unrealistic for its time. Little is known about its origin, and the project remained unknown until 1956, when a report by Joan Matamala i Flotats was published, called "When the New World called Gaudí".

The drawings for the Attraction Hotel were proposed as a basis for the rebuilding of Ground Zero in Manhattan.[1]

The hotel was featured in the Fox Broadcasting television show Fringe. It was featured in the New York City skyline in the alternate universe.[2]

References

  1. "Gaudi design proposed for WTC". BBC Online. January 23, 2003. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  2. Fantastical, Curbed’s Could Have Been: Antoni Gaudi’s; says, Futuristic 1908 Hotel Attraction-insiderater com (2013-05-23). "The New York City That Never Was: The Gaudi Hotel". Untapped Cities. Retrieved 2016-07-25.

Coordinates: 40°42′41″N 74°00′48″W / 40.7115°N 74.0133°W / 40.7115; -74.0133

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.