The Hotel Edison at 228 West 47th Street
"You're so droll. They don't make droll people anymore. Where have all the droll people gone?" - Rayleen, 45 Seconds from Broadway by Neil Simon The Hotel Edison was constructed in 1931 by hotelier Max Kramer. Thomas Edison was on hand to flip the switch and turn on the lights at its opening (though he did so remotely from his home in Menlo Park, New Jersey.) The hotel was able to accomdate 1,000 guests across its 26 floors, three restaurants, and one grand ballroom, though the ballroom was converted to the Edison Theatre from 1950-1991.