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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.

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.…

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…

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…

Black and white photograph depicting a Bird's Eye view of the construction of the Waldorf=Astoria, 1930.

"1930 Construction Begins - new Hotel opened Oct. 1931"

Black and white photograph depicting a Bird's Eye View of the construction of the Park Avenue Waldorf=Astoria, c. 1930.

"Photograph shows first steel grillage being hoisted into position on the site of the new Waldorf-Astoria." 1930

Black and white photograph depicting the construction of the Waldorf Towers, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, 1930.