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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…

Black and white panoramic photograph from Park Avenue depicting the digging of the cellar at the Waldorf-Astoria construction site, c. 1930.

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.

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…

A view of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel from the corner of 50th St and Lexington Avenue. This photo was taken in May of 1931 (we would open in October) and shows what would become the location of "The Savarin" restaurant and coffee shop.

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

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.