re: #217 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

If I could go back in time, I’d tell my granduncle not to sell his hotel near Columbus Circle until after WWII, with the stipulation that he leave me 50% of the proceeds in his will. His wife would get the other half. (They had no children.)

The hotel was torn down in the 1950s for the Lincoln Center development, so selling in 1946 would be about right.

I’d also advise my parents to hold onto that parcel of land they had on Long Island.

Hey my great great grandpa’s parents owned a hotel too. Don’t know too much about it though since I imagine it was taken down when his siblings who never married passed away in the early 20’s.