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Bop City, New York 1950sThis futuristic image was on the menu cover of one of New York Citys famous jazz clubs. Bop City opened in 1949 on the second floor of the Brill Building at Broadway and 49th Street, with clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw and First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald the headliners. The club was managed by Ralph Watkins, who had formerly run another legendary jazz venue called the Royal Roost, and had room for 1,000 spectators. Male staff dressed in bop

A master of site planning and able to turn his eye to any type of building

Some customers remember him as the ‘singing waiter’ and others remember the koi fish pond that was located inside the restaurant entrance

The fashionable nightspot quickly became a gathering place for European High Society

a century on from its foundation

He had early experience of the hospitality industry through a series of lowly jobs that gave him valuable experience later in life

The chain was sold to restaurateur Dennis Lowell in the 80s but didn’t regain its former glory

The RMS Parisian was a luxury steamship that would later have a role in the sinking of the Titanic

and began doing a roaring trade in mail order

Supper was very expensive

The menu cover shows a fat little piggy making a dash for it as the chef and maitre d' chase after it

bring ‘em here

Built as a new resort for the rich