Built in the roaring twenties by Sugerman & Berger, but opened during the great depression, the New Yorker has lived in the heart of Manhattan on 8th avenue between 34th and 35th streets. Upon completion in 1930, the New Yorker Hotel was the largest in NYC, boasting five restaurants, a 42-chair salon, 92 telephone operators, and a laundry staff of 150. In its prime, the New Yorker Hotel hosted celebrities, athletes, politicians, actors and mobsters. Nikola Tesla called Suite 3327 home for…