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This rare, original edition of Scientific American features a cover story on the construction of the original Astoria Hotel in 1897. The Astoria Hotel, funded by John Jacob Astor IV, was the sister property to William Waldorf Astor's Waldorf Hotel.…

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Three construction workers are valiantly hoisted atop a steel beam as they give the photographer a wave. The building located behind the three gentleman is The Benjamin Hotel; adjacent to the Benjamin Hotel was the Loew's Theatre, known today as the…

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This photo shows 2 construction workers on top of the Towers of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel before its construction project was completed in 1931. A view of Central Park can be seen on the far left-hand side of this photo. (Take note of the fact that…

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Black and white photograph depicting Waldorf wait staff enjoying what was to be the world’s tallest hotel. The first steel grillage was hoisted into position on the site of the Park Avenue Waldorf-Astoria in 1930.

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Press release announcing the contract between Thompson Starrett Company and the General Bronze Corp. of Long island City for the "architectural and ornamental bronze, iron, aluminum and nickel work" for the then under-construction Park Avenue…

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Press release announcing the contract between Thompson Starrett Company and James J. Conroy & Son, Inc. for "the metal furring and lathing and the plain and ornamental plastering..." for the new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, then under construction.

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Black and white photograph depicting the first steel rivet being driven into the steel structure of the Park Aenue Waldorf-Astoria on March 24, 1930. Pictured from Left to Right: Oscar Tschirky, Maitre de Hotel; Lucius Boomer, President; Charles…
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