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Hotel Elysée

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Hotel Elysée, NYC, NY
Hotel Elysée, NYC, NY

The Hotel Elysée is a New York City hotel on 60 East 54th Street between Madison and Park Avenues in Midtown Manhattan. The hotel was founded in 1926 as a European-style hotel for the carriage trade by Swiss-born Max Haering.

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Hotel Elysée
East 54th Street, New York Manhattan

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N 40.7599 ° E -73.9732 °
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10022 New York, Manhattan
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