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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…

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The Park Avenue chandelier was installed on Tuesday, February 6th, 1962 as was designed by Joe Travisano upon request by Greene Brothers, Inc., New York City. This chandelier was 10 feet long and 10 feet wide and featured 104 electric candles. It…

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Black and white photograph depicting the General’s widow, Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, and General Manager Joseph Rantisi in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on August 5, 1983. For decades Art Deco ornamental grilles, part of the Grand…

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Black and white photographic representation of an Art-Deco rendering depicting the Park Avenue Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

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

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Black and white photograph depicting the murals in the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf=Astoria from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

The mural decorations of the Starlight Roof are the work of the American…

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Black and white photograph depicting the Starlight Roof decorated for an event at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

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Black and white photographic representation depicting the Park Avenue Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.
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