It was a cold, snowy winter evening in New York City. I was walking home from my Banker’s Trust Co. job on Lexington Avenue. As I took a shortcut through the park, I looked up, saw something strange, and smiled from ear to ear. The historic ESSEX HOUSE Hotel—for just a few hours that night—as… Continue reading When neon signs fail: A luxury hotel in NYC became labeled, briefly, as a house of ill repute.