West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues is home to some of the city’s most elite hotels, such as the Royalton, Sofitel and Algonquin, and also  to esteemed institutions like the Harvard Club, Penn Club and New York Yacht Club. Near the stretch’s Fifth Avenue corner, a new 20-story, 96-key hotel tower is in the works at 7 West 44th Street, and it will be festooned in Baroque stylings, Juliet balconies, twisted columns, cast-iron railings, and a grand lobby staircase.

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