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Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Entrance looking South on Park Avenue from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"...St. Bartholemew's in the foreground, the New York Central Building closing the…

A news article referring to the "Waldorf O'Storia" hosting a week long St. Patrick's Day celebration from March 10-17 in 1982.

This image shows the locksmith of the Waldorf-Astoria surrounded by hundreds of keys. For most of the hotels history, actual keys and locks were used for every room but with the progression of technology, electronic keys are the choice of the…

Black and white photograph depicting the newly restored Starlight Roof at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, 1973.

The East Foyer (adjacent to our Grand Ballroom) as it looked during the QVC: FFANY event. As you can see, the attendees were quite eager to purchase some shoes! This was for a great cause, after all!

The New York City show opened on January 20, 1949 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and ran for eight days closing on January 27, 1949. More than 300,000 people visited it during its run at the Waldorf and were treated to elaborate displays of 32…

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…