27th Street and Sixth Avenue

The Senton Hotel, which I know nothing about, had such a beautifully seedy neon sign out front that I couldn’t resist taking a shot of it before going in, across the street, to the Center for Book Arts (home of excellent classes and exhibitions). Someone at the center then told me that this was the hotel from The Catcher in the Rye. I suppose he meant that this was the model for the fictional Edmont Hotel, but that seems impossible because the Senton has been around only since 1978, according to its website. Still, it was a nice idea that lit up my night.