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 The conference will be held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Avenue, New York. The hotel is very close to Times Square and the Broadway theatres, and convenient to public transportation. Designed by McKim, Mead, and White (the Stanford White of Doctorow's Ragtime), the Pennsylvania was the largest hotel in the world at its completion in 1919. Its ballroom was famous as a jazz and big band venue in the 1930's, and The Glenn Miller Orchestra immortalized its telephone number--Pennsylvania 6-5000. The hotel is across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, from which, as fans know, the Chattanooga Choo-Choo would leave at a quarter to four. The rooms, of course, have been completely modernized. A special conference rate will be available. Conference Dinner: The conference dinner will be a Chinatown banquet, New York style. After the Sessions: While the conference will take place too early for our traditional excursion to a baseball game, we hope that everyone will plan a full visit. Along with Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, the art scene is booming: the Whitney Biennial will be in full swing, the Met will be showing Chuck Close and Paul Klee, and the Museum of Modern Art (temporarily located in Queens, an easy subway ride) will feature Dieter Roth. Other attractions will be posted here later.
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