This is a mix of places that Dorothy Parker visited, combined with others that she probably had contact with. Living in New York, she soaked up the surroundings and put them on the pages of her work. Many of these locations crop up in her writing. Other are central to her life and times.
Key Locales
The Algonquin Hotel, Dorothy had a furnished room here, and could pop down in the elevator to meet her pals at the Round Table
Birthplace of The New Yorker, the Hell’s Kitchen house where Harold Ross and Jane Grant founded the magazine, and the Vicious Circle tipped back drinks
The New Yorker, former office of the magazine that employed Mrs. Parker
Speakeasies, where Dorothy and chums were frequently in their cups
“21″ Club, nights of the high life at the famous saloon
Wit’s End, where Dorothy’s pal Aleck Woollcott lived and entertained
Polly Adler’s, Dorothy and Mr. Benchley hung out together at this infamous brothel
Her Life, 1893-1967
Blessed Sacrament Academy, early Catholic education that shaped the celebrated writer and wit
Girlhood Walk, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, located at 89th Street and Riverside Drive, is where Dorothy walked her dogs
The Waldorf Astoria, hotel where Mrs. Parker and her friends took part in a strike
The Cort Theatre, legendary Broadway playhouse where Dorothy sat through shows as a critic
The New York Sun, Dorothy dated a bad boy reporter here
Drinker’s Paradise, the former speakeasy Club Intime is now Flute
Dash and Lilly, meeting the famous couple at the old Sutton Hotel
World War II Woe, hotel where Dorothy had a few too many in 1944
The Plaza, Vanity Fair career ended over tea and scones here in 1920
Central Park, you can’t be a Parker fan and not love reading here
Animal Lover, Dorothy was nuts about animals, meet her friends
The Ansonia, gorgeous apartment house on the Upper West Side
The Dakota, one of the most famous addresses in New York City
Former Hotel Endicott, a non-descript apartment house in her neighborhood
Subway West 72nd Street, in Dorothy’s early days, a ride cost a nickel
Beyond New York City
Dorothy Parker’s ties to Colorado, Maryland, and New Mexico
Denver Nights, Elitch Gardens drew Dorothy and Alan to Colorado
Raton, New Mexico, the ride to legally wed across the border
Dorothy Parker Memorial Garden, at the headquarters of the NAACP in Baltimore. Her ashes are interred here