The Keller Condominium

 condominium, interesting place, movie / film / TV location

6-story Renaissance-revival hotel building completed in 1898 as the Knickerbocker Hotel & Saloon for William Farrell, a prominent coal merchant. Designed by Julius Munckwitz, the building has two cast iron storefronts at the ground floor level of the West Street facade, which feature a continuous cornice & columns with a stylized floral design at the tops of the columns. The upper levels are constructed of pale red brick with stone trim and feature a restrained use of classical & Renaissance inspired ornamental craftsmanship. Stone band courses form the sills of the windows on each floor. The 2nd floor windows have triangular pediments, and the 4th floor windows have rounded pediments.

In 1911 the hotel reopened and operated under the name “New Hotel Keller” till 1929, when the name changed to the Keller Abington Hotel, which closed in 1993. The saloon on the ground floor became the Renee Tavern in 1939, and in 1950 the space became Charles Bar & Grill. In 1956, it reopened as Keller's and catered to an all male leather biker clientele and was the first gay leather bar in New York City pre Stonewall and gay liberation. Keller’s was also known as the birthplace of Disco in the early 1970′s and the Village People were photographed in front of Keller’s for an album cover.

Keller’s continued open till 1998. The building has sat vacant since but will become condominiums. Its exterior was used as a filming location for S1E1 of the USA original series "White Collar".

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