Closing of Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room a Death Knell? "No!!" Shout NYC's Cabaretfolk
By now it's no secret that the Marriott Corporation, which is taking the helm in renovating New York City's historic Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, has every intention of closing the legendary Oak Room just off the hotel lobby for what they feel is a lack of cabaret business and interest in the art form in general, expanding the Blue Bar into a portion of the space, and converti…