Show store carries carrie old hotel name away up in harlem Is a sign which reads tho the old astor house store in reply to an inquiry the proprietor said the rho business was established in the vicinity of the old astor house when the latter was the big hot hotel el of new york later on it moved ur up to fourteenth street and carried the name of the old hotel with it some years after it moved up to forty sec ond end street and the name went with it then it jumped all the way to harlem harlam and as the name had become one of the fixtures of the business it was maintained the business now Is in the hands of the third generation of the family that established it just a bit of sentiment new york press presa |