Drinks At The Beautiful Hotel George V, Paris

The hotel was commissioned by American businessman and architect Joel Hillman in the late twenties. It was built in 1928 by André Terrail and Georges Wybo for a budget of 31 million dollars, or 60 million Francs. The latter are well known, the first being a restaurant owner of La Tour d’Argent, the newly built hotel at 31 Avenue George V facing his mansion. The second is the architect of the Casino de Deauville and the reconstruction of the Printemps Haussmann following the fire of 1921. Its exterior appearance is the style of the 1930s, nine floors of great sobriety. The startup of the hotel saw a large proportion of American customer descended from Transatlantic steamers. Offices are located in Cherbourg to receive customers as soon as their arrival. Joel Hillman was forced to yield the George V after the Black Thursday of October 24, 1929 to a banking group. It was bought in 1931 by the banker François Dupré and a new wing was built by the original architects, for apartmen