Belmont Plaza Hotel, Lexington and 50th St., New York City. Glass Hat Room II. Gottoscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018741381/.
Belmont Plaza Hotel, Lexington and 50th St., New York City. Glass Hat Room II. Gottoscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018741381/.
The Glass Hat was a room in the Belmont Plaza Hotel at 541 Lexington Avenue. Its circular bar, designed by Jac Lessman, was thought to be “more intimate” and appealing to women.
Ate van Delden, Adrian Rollini: The Life and Music of a Jazz Rambler (UP of Mississippi, 2020): 339.