Summary
Its courtly name is quite befitting, especially considering the number of local dignitaries who've called the Royal York home over the past 70 years, including interior decorator Rachel Wade; Ice Capades creator John Harris, and Harold Lund, one-time head of KDKA- TV and KDKA radio and general manager of the city's first TV station, WDTV.
Built on a bend of Bigelow Boulevard, just before Schenley Farms in Oakland, this alabaster art deco shrine still stands tall and distinctive among a mishmash of urban sprawl.See the full content of this document
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Royal York Building Still a Jewel in City's Landscape
Many remember it as home of the Park Schenley Restaurant and the Royal York Auction house.
It was designed by Chicago architect Frederick Stanton in 1932 and completed in 1934. Stanton was ...See the full content of this document
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