Traymore Hotel of Atlantic City, N.J. was built in 1879. Photo posted by ibsut

Hotel consultant and author Stanley Turkel speaks about thirty-two hotels in New York that were built to last.  These century-old hotels defied the passage of time for a variety of reasons, according to the author. For eighteen, it was the fortuitious creation of the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission in 1965.

Turkel gives an insider's view on what makes these hotel landmarks so great.

Click the arrow next to the speaker below to listen to the interview (9 minutes 56 seconds). Or download Podcast here.