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Latest Moxy hotel is a throwback to the past
Rooms at the hotel are meant to be affordable and start at US$139, a bargain by New York City standards
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Wed, Sep 20, 2017 · 09:50 PM
New York
WHEN US banker and philanthropist Darius Ogden Mills opened the New Mills Hotel in October 1907 on the corner of Manhattan's Seventh Avenue and 36th Street, he wanted it to be a place where working-class men could find affordable accommodations.
And for nearly a half-century, according to a historical document obtained by Lightstone, the real estate company that now owns the building, his vision came to life as clerks, mechanics, chauffeurs and the like stayed at the 1,875-room property, where hot meals and communal showers were among the amenities.
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