Piccadilly Hotel, London, 1950s Penguin Opened in 1937 as Ben

Opened in 1937 as Ben Marden's Riviera Russian born impresario Bill Miller bought the nightclub in the late 1940s

of long-time club The Monster

establishing the first diesel-powered streamline train service in America

an intaglio process in which the design is cut into a hard steel plate that yields sharp impressions even in large editions

dated 1955

Piccadilly Hotel, London, 1950s Penguin Opened in 1937 as BenThis one of our favorite cocktail menus because of the clarity of the design. The graphics are wonderful and we love the clever minimalist illustration of the glass with the cherry at the bottom. The Piccadilly Hotel was built in London in 1908 and was one of the capital city's most luxurious places to stay. There were 300 bedrooms, several top class restaurants and Masonic Temples in the basement. Staff drew water from the property's own well so