Hotel Astor
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Hotel Astor was a hotel on Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Built in 1905 and expanded in 1909–1910 for the Astor family, the hotel occupied a site b
Hotel Astor in 1909
Southern end of the Grand Ballroom, circa 1910
1922 ad for the Hotel Astor
Rendering of the Astor's rooftop garden
Waldorf-Astoria (1893–1929)
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The Waldorf-Astoria was a hotel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, built in 1893 and razed in 1929. It originated as two hotels, built side by side by feuding relatives, was expanded in 1897
Hotel Astor
…rooms, with two more levels underground for its extensive "backstage" functions, such as the wine cellar. The hotel was developed as a successor to the Waldorf-Astoria. Hotel Astor's success triggered the construction of the nearby Knickerbocker Hotel by other members of the Astor family two years later. The building…
Engraved vignettes of the original hotels, c. 1915
The Waldorf Hotel in 1893
The hotel after the addition of the much larger Astoria wing in 1915
The Waldorf's floor plan