Towering over Lexington Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets, the 31-story, 1,200-room Shelton Hotel was hailed as the tallest skyscraper in the world when it opened in 1923.
ຕັ້ງຢູ່ເທິງຖະ ຫນົນ Lexington ລະຫວ່າງຖະ ຫນົນ ທີ 48 ແລະ 49, ໂຮງແຮມ Shelton 31 ຊັ້ນ, 1,200 ຫ້ອງແມ່ນໄດ້ຮັບການຍົກຍ້ອງວ່າເປັນຕຶກສູງທີ່ສຸດໃນໂລກເມື່ອມັນເປີດໃນປີ 1923.