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The Presidential Suite was featured in The Daily News (with a circulation of 514,920) in anticipation of Presidents’ Day. An article entitled “Commander in Suite” highlighted the four-bedroom apartment’s luxurious history and…

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The Daily News featured the return of Joan and Isidore Schwartz to The Waldorf=Astoria for their 60th wedding anniversary. The Hotel hosted the celebratory couple for the second time at the very rate paid on March 2, 1952 (a reproduction of the bill…

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MSNBC.com highlighted The Waldorf’s Presidential Suite as a place to sleep like a president for those wondering “Where to celebrate Presidents’ Day”. The “Itineraries” section article (which reached 31,769,600…

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This correspondence from 1964 describes the origins of the Martini. According to this evidence, a man by the name of Mr. Martinez visited the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel sometime in the 1890s and suggested this drink to a bartender at the hotel.…

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A magazine article showing Alice and her friends visiting various places in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel including Peacock Alley, the Park Avenue Lobby and the Terminal Barber Shop.
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