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An article from the New York Times featuring our famous hotel kitchen and our use of the ORCA compost system. ORCA stands for Organic Refuse Conversion Alternative and has been used within our kitchens to convert food waste into clean water,…

A news article dated April 18, 2014, discussing our famous Bull and Bear Restaurant and the great experience shared by journalist Rashmi Uday Singh of The Times of India. This newspaper is equivalent to the New York Times.

Rare and Exclusive Footage from the 1954 GM Motorama held in our Grand Ballroom.

Model Joan Lockwood is photographed selecting items from a glass case at the 30th Annual IGA Food Store Convention held in our Grand Ballroom. She puts a large round "key" in a matching slot while she presses buttons to make her selection. The…

Rare Footage of the Waldorf Astoria Kitchen, Hotel, and Restaurant Workers in 1936.

In the Summer of 2013, the Waldorf Astoria welcomed over 1,000 new guests with "open" arms. These guests were not your typical guests...no, they were over 1,000 honey bees which were given a new home in our Roof Top Garden. Chef David Garcelon greets…

A candid shot is captured of Marilyn Monroe and then-husband Arthur Miller as they share a dance and a laugh in the Grand Ballroom during the April in Paris Ball in 1959.

On November 4, 1946, the Foreign Ministers of the “Big Four” Allied powers convened in the Towers of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to discuss the final peace conditions of World War II. Below is a news clip discussing this international…