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Built in 1990, the eight-floor hotel was last renovated in 2021. [2] Previously operated by DoubleTree Suites as a 253-room hotel, [3] the Hilton Santa Monica reopened in April 2021 following a two-year redesign and renovation.
Conrad Hilton bought the Town House in 1942, [3] paying owner Arnold Kirkeby $150,000 cash and assuming $830,000 of debt. [4] Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her first marriage, to Hilton heir Conrad Hilton, Jr., at the hotel in 1950. [3] The Town House was sold to Sheraton Hotels in 1954 [6] and became the Sheraton-Town House.
The hotel also completed a new 500-car garage in 1961, giving it parking for a total of 1500 cars, the largest hotel parking facility in the world. [13] The new garage was sold to and leased back from the same group in 1962 for a further $900,000. [14] In March 1966, Hilton exercised its option to re-buy the hotel and garage, for $14.3 million.
It is 19 miles (31 km) from Los Angeles International Airport, and 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Los Angeles Convention Center. In 2011 electronic producer Skrillex named a song on his new EP Bangarang "Kyoto" because he produced the whole song on his notebook in one of the hotel rooms and even recorded the vocals there.
Construction of a new high-rise addition to the Hilton hotel in Universal City was approved by the Los Angeles Planning Commission, clearing a major hurdle for the long-planned expansion.
The New York Hilton Midtown is the largest hotel in New York City. The hotel is owned by Park Hotels & Resorts and managed by Hilton Worldwide . It has approximately 2,000 rooms and over 150,000 square feet (14,000 m 2 ) of meeting space.
The Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton is a 532-room hotel at 53 West 32nd Street (also known as 1260-1266 Broadway) [4] in Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh and built by William R. H. Martin , who headed the Rogers Peet business, in a French Renaissance style.
On July 16, 1982, the Cineplex Beverly Center 14 opened. The 14-screen multiplex was the largest in the US at the time. [7] The opening was national news and was covered in The New York Times. [8] In the late 1980s, three smaller screens were removed on the main floor, so two larger auditoriums could be built on the roof.