Hyatt Regency San Francisco Postcard

The postcard shows the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. The back of the postcard reads:

HYATT REGENCY SAN FRANCISCO, Embarcadero Center. It's a heptagon, towering triangularly 18 stories above the Embarcadero Fountain. It's a lounge that turns 360 degrees to show all of San Francisco. It's crystal bubble elevators. It's a lobby that is a towering atrium. It's the epitome of modern architecture and building design.

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Postcard

Hyatt Regency San Francisco was famous for its rooftop revolving restaurant called Equinox, offering 360-degree views of the city and the bay (it closed in 2007). The hotel was sold for close to $200 million to Dune Capital Management and DiNapoli Capital Partners in January 2007 – roughly $250,000 for each of the hotels 802 rooms.

NOTE: OPERATIONAL
5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA
Tel: +1 415 788 1234

SOURCES:
Hyatt Notable properties Wikipedia Entry
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Homepage
List of revolving restaurants Wikipedia Entry

Hotel Russell London Postcard

The postcard shows the exterior of Hotel Russell, a four star hotel, located on Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London. The Hotel Russell was built in 1898 by the architect C. Fitzroy Doll. The Russell Hotel, which dates from 1898, has one of the grandest exteriors of any London hotel.

Hotel Russell Postcard

The imposing Victorian façade of Hotel Russell greets visitors. The magnificent mosaic floor in the lobby was laid when the hotel was originally built and has been fully restored to its original state after being covered up due to war damage. The 373 bedrooms at the Hotel Russel have been redesigned. The C. Fitzroy Doll restaurant, which is named after the architect, is said to be almost identical to the RMS Titanic's dining room which he also designed.

NOTE: OPERATIONAL1-8 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 5BE, UK

SOURCES:
Hotel Russell Wikipedia Entry
Hotel Russell London Homepage

Hotel Nagoya Castle Postcard

The postcard shows the Hotel Nagoya Castle. It was built in 1969 and last renovated In 2003. Now called Westin Nagoya Castle and a franchise of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, the hotel is located on the moat of the old Tokugawa Castle of a 17th Century Shogun.

Hotel Nagoya Castle Postcard

Number of rooms: 225
Meeting rooms: 10
Sq. ft. of meeting space: 44,000
Banquet capacity: 2,500

NOTE: RENAMED WESTIN NAGOYA CASTLE

3-19 Hinokuchi-cho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 451-8551 JapanPhone: (81)(52) 521 2121

SOURCE:
Westin Nagoya Castle Homepage

Hotel Lexington, New York Postcard

The postcard shows the Revere Room of the Hotel Lexington, New York. The back of the postcard reads:
New York's Smartest Bar and Restaurant. Here you may see the famous murals depicting the life of Paul Revere. Open for breakfast, luncheon, dinner and supper-delicious meals at popular prices. Hotel Lexington. Lexington Avenue at 48th Street New York. Charles E. Rochester (Vice Pres. and Man. Dir.)

Revere Room Postcard

Unfortunately I couldn't find any information about the hotel, and am not sure if this hotel is the same as the Radisson Lexington Hotel. The hotel lies right in the heart of Manhattan's prestigious East Side, and has offered the finest in hospitality since 1929 (The Lexington Hotel was completed six months before the market crash of 1929 and costing $5,000,000.) The 2-storey lobby is fairly large and combines a modern style with traditional touches, such as the 3 tier chandelier, the polished brown & beige marbled floor and sprawling oriental rugs.

NOTE: RENAMED RADISSON LEXINGTON HOTEL (?)

511 Lexington Ave at 48th Street, New York, NY 10017 USAToll-Free: (888) 201-1718

Hotel Florida - Madrid Postcard

The postcard shows the Hotel Florida, Madrid. The information I was able to find was in Spanish so I have to use an online translation. Hotel Florida was designed and built in 1924 in the Plaza de Callao by the architect Antonio Palacios.

Hotel Florida Postcard

The hotel achieved fame during the Civil War, when it became a residence of correspondents, writers and intellectuals foreigners stationed in Madrid. Later, the hotel became the accommodation in Madrid of Ernest Hemingway. The building was demolished in 1964 and built on its site was a department store.

NOTE: DEMOLISHED IN 1964

SOURCE:Hotel Florida Wikipedia Entry