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The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
The hotel's name with a single hyphen is engraved and gilded over the entrance.
The hotel's name with a single hyphen is engraved and gilded over the entrance.
Hotel facts and statistics
Location301 Park Avenue
New York City, New York
Opening date1893 (Waldorf Hotel)
1897 (Astoria Hotel)
ManagementThe Waldorf=Astoria Collection
OwnerHilton Hotels Corporation
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The hotel's name with the double hyphen on the awning over the Park Avenue entrance.
The hotel's name with the double hyphen on the awning over the Park Avenue entrance.
Waldorf=Astoria Hotel and Park Avenue with Helmsley Building and Met Life Building in background
Waldorf=Astoria Hotel and Park Avenue with Helmsley Building and Met Life Building in background

The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is a famously luxurious hotel in New York. Located at 230 Park Avenue the Helmsley Building is a 35-story building straddling Park Avenue. The MetLife Building, originally called the Pan Am Building, is a Skyscraper located at 200 It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings of New York City. The City of New York The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. Henry Janeway Hardenbergh ( February 6, 1847 - March 18, 1918) was a U The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a 47-story, 625 ft. (191 m) Art Deco landmark designed by architects Schultze and Weaver that dates from 1931 and is the flagship crown jewel of the newly minted Waldorf=Astoria Collection, a chain of upscale hotels consisting of hotels previously of the Hilton Hotels and Conrad Hotels chains, as well as some new hotels. Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) is a wide boulevard that carries north and southbound traffic in New York City Borough of Manhattan Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial The architectural firm of Schultze and Weaver was established in New York City in 1921 Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Waldorf=Astoria Collection is a collection of what the Hilton Hotels Corporation considers to be its premiere most luxurious and most identifiable hotels and resorts UH Hilton Hoteljpg|thumbnail|right|The Hilton University of Houston in Houston Texas, located on the campus of the University of Houston, contains the Hilton College of Conrad Hotels is an international brand of upscale luxury hotels and resorts owned and operated by the Hilton Hotels Corporation.

The name, Waldorf=Astoria, now officially appears with a double hyphen, but originally the single hyphen was employed, as recalled by a popular expression and song, "Meet Me at the Hyphen. The double hyphen (＝ ゠ or ⸗ is a punctuation mark that consists of two parallel Hyphens It is not to be confused with two consecutive hyphens (-- which "

The modern hotel has three American and classic European restaurants, and a beauty parlor located off the main lobby. Several luxurious boutiques surround the distinctive lobby, which has won awards for its restoration to the original period character. An even more luxurious, virtual "hotel within a hotel" in its upper section is known as The Waldorf Towers operated by Conrad Hotels & Resorts. Conrad Hotels is an international brand of upscale luxury hotels and resorts owned and operated by the Hilton Hotels Corporation.

The hotel has its own railway platform as part of Grand Central Terminal, used by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, and Douglas MacArthur, among others. A railway platform is a section of pathway alongside Rail tracks at a Train station, Metro station or Tram stop, at which passengers may board "Grand Central Station" redirects here For other uses see Grand Central. This is about the mid-20th-century politician and diplomat for other American politicians so named see Adlai Stevenson (disambiguation. General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. An elevator large enough for Franklin D. Roosevelt's car provides access to the platform.

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History

An Astor family feud contributed to the events which led to the construction of the original Waldorf-Astoria on Fifth Avenue. The Astor family is a significant Anglo - American family of German descent notable for their prominence in Business, society, and A feud (ˈfjuːd (referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud or vendetta) is a long-running argument or fight between parties&mdashoften through Guilt

It started as two hotels: one owned by William Waldorf Astor, whose 13-story Waldorf Hotel was opened in 1893 and the other owned by his cousin, John Jacob Astor IV, called the Astoria Hotel and opened four years later and four stories higher. William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount Astor ( March 31, 1848 &ndash October 18, 1919) was a Financier and Statesman Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Jacob Astor IV ( July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American millionaire businessman real estate builder inventor writer Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

William Astor, motivated in part by a dispute with his aunt, built the original Waldorf Hotel next door to her home, on the site of his father's mansion and today's Empire State Building. Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor ( September 22, 1830 &ndash October 30, 1908) was a prominent American Socialite of the last The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street The hotel was built to the specifications of founding proprietor George Boldt; he and his wife Louise had become known as the owners and operators of the Bellevue, an elite boutique hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Broad Street, subsequently expanded and renamed the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. George Charles Boldt (1851-1916 was a Prussian born self-made millionaire who influenced the development of the urban hotel as a civic social center and luxurious destination Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century Boldt continued to own the Bellevue (and, later, the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel) even after his relationship with the Astors blossomed.

William Astor's construction of a hotel next to his aunt's home worsened his feud with her, but, with Boldt's help, John Astor persuaded his aunt to move uptown. John Astor then built the Astor Hotel and leased it to Boldt. Initially foreseen as two separate entities, Boldt had planned the new structure so that it could be connected to the old by means that became known as Peacock Alley. The combined Waldorf-Astoria became the largest hotel in the world at the time, while maintaining the original Waldorf's high standards.

The Waldorf-Astoria is historically significant for transforming the contemporary hotel, then a facility for transients, into a social center of the city as well as a prestigious destination for visitors. The Waldorf=Astoria was influential in advancing the status of women, who were admitted singly without escorts. Founding proprietor, George C. Boldt, became wealthy and prominent internationally, if not so much a popular celebrity as his famous employee, Oscar Tschirky, "Oscar of the Waldorf. George Charles Boldt (1851-1916 was a Prussian born self-made millionaire who influenced the development of the urban hotel as a civic social center and luxurious destination Oscar Tschirky ( 1866 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland &ndash November 7, 1943 in New Paltz, New York) was " Boldt built one of American's most ambitious houses, Boldt Castle, on one of the Thousand Islands. Boldt Castle located on Heart Island (New York in the Thousand Islands of the St The Thousand Islands is the name of an archipelago of Islands that straddle the U George Boldt's wife, Louise Kehrer Boldt, was influential in evolving the idea of the grand urban hotel as a social center, particularly in making it appealing to women as a venue for social events.

When the new skyscraping Waldorf-Astoria was built on Park Avenue, under the guidance of Lucius Boomer, the manager of the old Waldorf, a cast of furnishers and decorators with good reputations was assembled, to give it a grand yet domestic atmosphere. [1] Boomer retired to Florida after the old Waldorf Astoria was demolished, but he had retained exclusive rights to use the name "Waldorf-Astoria", which he transferred to the new hotel. He died in an airplane crash in 1947, and Conrad Hilton bought the Waldorf Astoria in 1949. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr ( December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American Hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotel Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]

In 2006 Hilton Hotels announced plans to build a second Waldorf-Astoria near Walt Disney World in Florida, and in 2007, plans were announced that another Waldorf=Astoria will be built in Beverly Hills, where Santa Monica Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard cross. UH Hilton Hoteljpg|thumbnail|right|The Hilton University of Houston in Houston Texas, located on the campus of the University of Houston, contains the Hilton College of Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West State Route 2 is a State highway in the US state of California. Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west Arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. A combination hotel and condominium Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Residence Tower has been announced by third parties to be developed for Hilton in Chicago. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Residence Tower is an announced Hotel and Condominium Skyscraper that will be tall This management agreement is currently Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

On August 24, 2007, Dimension Development Company of Natchitoches, Louisiana announced the purchase of the New Orleans Fairmont Hotel and plans to convert the hotel into a Waldorf Astoria. It was not immediately known whether the name would be changed to Waldorf Astoria or whether it would revert to its former name, The Roosevelt with the tagline, a Waldorf Astoria Collection Hotel. In the 1940s, 50s and 60s, The Roosevelt was home to the World Famous "Blue Room" which brought--for the first time--the best Hollywood and Las Vegas talent to the Deep South on a regular basis. The Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic subregions in the American South.

Famous residents

During the 1950s and early 1960s, former U. S. president Herbert Hoover and retired U. Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 S. General Douglas MacArthur, lived in suites on different floors of the hotel. General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. A plaque affixed to the wall on the 49th Street side commemorates this. There is also a recreation of one of the living room of Hoover's Waldorf-Astoria suite in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum is the Presidential library of Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States.

Around the time of World War I, inventor Nikola Tesla lived in the earlier Waldorf-Astoria. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All There have already been discussions about Tesla's ethnicity on the talk page

Gangsters Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and Charles "Lucky" Luciano once lived in the Waldorf-Astoria. Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania; November 24 1897 – January 26 1962 was a Sicilian Mobster.

Cole Porter and Linda Lee Thomas had an apartment in the Waldorf Towers, where she died in 1954. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Linda Lee Thomas (1883 &ndash 20 May[[ 954]] was an American socialite the wife of Musical theatre composer Cole Porter. Porter's 1934 song "You're the Top," contains the lyric, "You're the top, you're a Waldorf salad. " You're The Top " is a Cole Porter song from the 1934 musical Anything Goes. . . "

Former U. S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright lived in the Waldorf Astoria Towers during her tenure as the United State's Ambassador to the United Nations. The United States Ambassador to the United Nations (full title Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status

Famous events

References in popular culture

Waldorf Schools

Although no official connection exists between the hotel and the schools -- the schools themselves gained their name from this hotel. In 1919, the first Waldorf school opened in response to a request by Emil Molt -- the owner and managing director of the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Company in Stuttgart -- who was seeking a progressive educational system for the children of the workers in this factory. See also Waldorf education This History of Waldorf schools includes descriptions of the schools' historical foundations geographical distribution and internal governance

See also

References

  1. ^ The list gives a repertory of eminent firms working in New York: "Among those who contributed to its solution are: Sir Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. This list of tallest buildings in New York City ranks Skyscrapers in the U Waldorf education (also known as Steiner or Steiner-Waldorf education is a Pedagogy based upon the Educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder For other meanings of repertory please see Repertory (disambiguation. Sir Charles Carrick Allom (1865 — 1947 was an eminent British architect and decorator knighted for his work on Buckingham Palace. , London and New York; L. Alavoine & Co. , of Paris and New York; Arthur S. Vernay, Inc. , New York; Barton, Price and Willson, Inc. , New York; Jacques Bodart, Inc. , Paris and New York; Mr. R. T. H. Halsey, Maison Jansen, Paris; Francis Lenygon, of Lenygon & Morant, London and New York; Nordiska Kompaniet of Stockholm, Sweden; W. & J. Sloane, New York; Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, consultant decorator of transient section of the hotel; Schmieg, Hungate & Kotzian, New York, Nathan Straus & Sons, New York, and A. Rutledge-Smith, general consulting decorator of the Hotel Corporation. " ("A New Waldorf Against The Sky", 1931)
  2. ^ The “New” Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (1931), by Stanley Turkel
  3. ^ As quoted in "Owens pierced a myth" by Larry Schwartz in ESPN SportsCentury. (2005)
  4. ^ Senior Class of 2008 News: Prom Information. The Bronx High School of Science. The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H Retrieved on 2008-05-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.
  5. ^ Salamone, Gina. "The $1,000 prom night: New Yorkers dropping average of $1K on big event", New York Daily News, 2008-05-28. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Retrieved on 2008-05-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.  
  6. ^ NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, New York University. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City.

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