Sir Francis Drake. 1  Occupation: Explorer, privateer. 2  Born: 1540 or 1544 in Tavistock, England. 3  Died: January 27, 1596 in Portobelo, Panama. 4  Best known for: First Englishman to sail around the world and defeating the Spanish Armada.
The Grand Hyatt New York is a hotel located directly east of the Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was originally built and opened on January 28, 1919, as The Commodore Hotel. In 1980, Donald Trump modernized the outside of the building and renovated the inside as part of his first construction project in Manhattan.
In the Grand Hyatt, the bar-restaurant that overlooks 42nd Street has been redesigned by Bentel & Bentel. 1  In the 1970s, Donald Trump devised a plan to rescue the aging Commodore Hotel, at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, from the bankrupt Penn Central railroad.