Elbridge Gerry, rented the site for billboards. In 1901, he built the Windsor Arcade, an ornamental building of luxury shops. It was torn down in the 1910s; the buildings that replaced it have also been demolished. The two high-rises now occupying the site, at 565 and 575 Fifth Avenue, have no plaque or marker for the tragedy. See also List of former hotels in Manhattan References 1873 establishments in New York (state) Buildings and structures demolished in 1899 Hotel buildings completed in 1873 Hotels disestablished in 1899 Defunct hotels in Manhattan Building and structure fires in New York City Burned hotels in the United States 1899 fires in the United States Hotel fires in the United States 1899 disasters in the United States 1899 in New York (state) Fifth Avenue Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan Midtown Manhattan