In which New York borough did Georgia O'Keeffe live at the Shelton Hotel?

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Georgia O'Keeffe lived at the Shelton Hotel in Manhattan.

The Shelton Hotel, now known as the New Yorker Hotel? No—the Shelton Hotel was a separate landmark residential hotel in Manhattan, where O'Keeffe lived during the 1920s. Its high-rise setting reflected the urban environment that appeared in some of her paintings.

O'Keeffe became interested in New York's skyscrapers as subjects, especially after moving into the city permanently in the early 1920s. Works such as Radiator Building—Night, New York show her translating architecture, light, and nighttime atmosphere into modernist images.

Manhattan is a borough of New York City, while New York City itself is the broader location commonly given in biographies. The Shelton Hotel should not be confused with O'Keeffe's later homes in New Mexico, which became central to her landscape work and daily life.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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