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The telephone number of the former Hotel Pennsylvania (1919-2020) opposite Penn Station in midtown Manhattan, NYC.
Glenn Miller performed live network radio broadcasts from the hotel's Café Rouge ballroom in 1940, using the hotel's telephone number in one of the song titles.
The elements of the original PEnnsylvania 6-5000 are all a distant memory. The original Penn Station was torn down in 1963, the hotel in 2020. Glenn Miller did deploy a band to entertain troops in World War II and is missing in action. A call to +1-212-PE6-5000 today just gives an interactive voice response message announcing that the hotel is permanently closed.