The Barbizon Hotel for Women, currently known as Barbizon 63, was known for giving women a safe (and chaste!) retreat right in the big, bad Big Apple (at 140 East 63rd Street, to be exact). The building was constructed in 1927, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and now word comes out that it may be given landmark status.
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Group Fighting To Landmark The Barbizon Hotel
Women-Only Residences Still Exist
It's hard being a single person in Manhattan. Jobs are hard to come by, rents are high, and it's easy to get lost without some sense of community. So $1,000/month for a single room and shared bath, hot breakfast and dinner, maid service, and a roof deck with a view of the Empire State Building sounds pretty good, right? There's just one problem: no men allowed.
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