hotelnewnetherland

Hotel New Netherland (later Hotel Netherland) was located at the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, in what is now the Upper East Side Historic District. It contained the Sherry's restaurant from 1919 until its demolition in 1927.

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19361341

The ca. 1912 photo in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_New_Netherland shows a different building (or at least different facade) to the left of the hotel. The building was probably 785 Fifth Avenue. The New Britain Herald. December 06, 1924, Page 5, column 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014519/1924-12-06/ed-... reports that the hotel was sold by the estate of Baron William Waldorf Astor to Frederick Brown, who paid cash for the building which was assessed by the city at $2,100,000. That accounts for the fact that Bain had the photo filed with other pictures from that month. The Evening Star. May 10, 1925, Page 18, column 6, near top chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-05-10/ed-... reported that the hotel "closed its doors today. The building will be converted into stores and apartments." The Wikipedia article linked above indicates that the building was demolished in 1927 and replaced by a new hotel, the Sherry-Netherland, which was an apartment hotel. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sherry-Netherland "Demolition began in the early winter of 1926, and construction began before the year was out, but the upper floors suffered a spectacular fire when wooden scaffolding caught alight on April 12, 1927 before the building was completed. The fire burned for 12 hours and flames were said to have been visible from Long Island. It ignited a debate in the press concerning the ability of the available technology to put out fires in high-rise buildings."

Street sign suggests that the location is intersection of E 60th St and Fifth Avenue in New York City.
2022 Streetview indicates that the building with columns is no longer there.

The location is known as Grand Army Plaza
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_Plaza_(Manhattan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_Plaza_(Manhattan)#/media/File:Grand_Army_Plaza_NYC_Circa_1920.jpg shows the building at the northern end of the block on the east side of Fifth Avenue that has the large red brick building.

It was the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.,
collections.mcny.org/CS.aspx?VP3=DamView&VBID=24UP1GR...

I think K. T. means Knights Templar and that the Com. stands for Commandery. There seem to be many Washington Commanderies -- with different numbers.

New York Times of June 14, 1925, beginning on the front page of section 2
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/06/14/11904941...
reports that there would be a parade on Fifth Avenue the next afternoon, with 28 bands. There would also be a "combined band" led by Paul Whiteman (from the Ivanhoe Commandery).

The band led by Whiteman is shown in a nearby Bain photo that has not been uploaded to Flickr. See
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014718395/

Aside: The NYT article cited above includes a history of the Knights Templar starting in 1113 in Syria during the Crusades.

Thanks swanq, we'll update the information in all of the photos showing this parade.