Jewish Women on the Map - Algonquin Hotel

Location

Algonquin Hotel
59 West 44th Street
New York City, NY
United States

Singer Sylvia Blagman Syms died during a standing ovation at the Algonquin Hotel in 1992 of a heart attack.

http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/10/1992/sylvia-blagman-syms

Photo from iNeTours.com.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Algonquin Hotel." (Viewed on June 20, 2013) <http://jwa.org/onthemap/algonquin-hotel>.