LIFE Magazine's "Winged Life" Icon in the HERALD SQUARE HOTEL(C)
In the heart of midtown Manhattan the charming Herald Square Hotel, 19 West 31st Street, welcomes guests through its storied porthals with "Winged Life," the winged cherubic mascot by sculptor Philip Martiny, which perches above the main entrance in gilded splendor on the building where LIFE magazine was born and published. The iconic cerub, the symbol of LIFE magazine throughout its entire existence reappears in the hotel's refurbished front lobby. Built in 1894, the hotel still retains the charm of its original celebrity occupants including LIFE magazine's publisher Charles Ames Mitchell, who et. etc.
