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Waldorf=Astoria hotel

The Waldorf=Astoria (often simplified to Waldorf-Astoria) is an American 42-story luxury hotel and Asheville City Hall. This building epotomizes the Art Deco style of the 1920s. Art Deco was a movement in decorative arts that also affected architecture. It derived its name from the Worlds fair held in Paris in 1925, formally titled the Exposition Internationale des Arts D coratifs et Industriels... Art Deco landmark located on Park Avenue in For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. It is one of the five boroughs that comprise the City of New York. The borough is coterminous with New York County and includes the Island of Manhattan, as well as several other smaller islands... Manhattan since 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics... 1931. It is owned by the Hilton Hotels Corporation.

The hotel has three American and classic European restaurants, and a beauty parlor, Kenneth's Salon, located off the main lobby. Several luxurious boutiques surround the distinctive lobby, which has won awards for its restoration to the original period character.

An even more luxurious, virtual "hotel within a hotel" in its upper section is known as The Waldorf Towers.

Though the hotel's name is often rendered with a single Punctuation marks apostrophe ( ); ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ); ( [ ] ); ( { } ); ( < > ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dash ( ); ( – ); ( — ); ( ― ) ellipsis ( … ) ( ... ) exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ); ( ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ); ( “ ” ) semicolon ( ; ) slash ( / ) and backslash ( ) space (   ) and interpunct ( · ) ampersand ( & ) asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ) dagger ( † ‡) bullet ( •, more ) commercial at... hyphen, it is officially spelled with an See also the disambiguation page title equality. In mathematics, two mathematical objects are considered equal if they are precisely the same in every way. This defines a binary predicate, equality, denoted =; x = y iff x and y are equal. Equivalence in the general sense is provided by the construction of... equal sign, for now-historical reasons.

History

An The Astor family, founded by the German immigrant, John Jacob Astor and his wife Sarah Todd, became the wealthiest family in the United States during the 19th century. Towards the end of that century, a branch moved to England and achieved great prominence there. As the 20th century wore on... Astor family Feud may also mean fief in reference to feudalism. A feud is a long-running argument or fight between two groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds tend to begin because a member of one group attacks or insults a member of the other, and then turn into long... feud contributed to the events which led to the construction of the original Waldorf=Astoria on Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. It runs through the heart of Midtown and along the eastern side of Central Park and is a symbol of ritzy New York. Fifth Avenue extends from the north side of... Fifth Avenue.

It started as two hotels: one owned by William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (March 31, 1848–October 18, 1919) was a financier and statesman and a member of the prominent Astor family. William Astor was born in New York City, the only child of John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890) and Charlotte Augusta Gibbes (c.1825... William Waldorf Astor, whose 13-story Waldorf Hotel was opened in Years: 1890 1891 1892 - 1893 - 1894 1895 1896 Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1893 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders Events January 1 - Japan accepts... 1893 and the other owned by John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 - April 15, 1912) was a businessman, inventor, and writer and a member of the prominent Astor family. John Astor IV & Madeline Astor A great-grandson of the fur trader John Jacob Astor, he was born at Ferncliff, the familys estate in... John Jacob Astor IV, called the Astoria Hotel and opened Years: 1894 1895 1896 - 1897 - 1898 1899 1900 Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1897 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders Contents // 1 Events 2 Births... four years later and four stories higher.

William Astor, motivated in part by a dispute with Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor (September 22, 1830–October 30, 1908) preferred to be known simply as Mrs. Astor, which after 1887 was all she had printed on her visiting cards. She was the wife of railroad millionaire William Backhouse Astor Jr. Her desire to be unchallenged chatelaine of American... his aunt, built the original Waldorf Hotel next door to her home, on the site of his father's mansion and today's The Empire State Building lit up for Christmas (More images of the building) The Empire State Building The Empire State Building, a 102-story Art Deco building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates and built in 1930. The tower takes its name from the... Empire State Building. The hotel was built to the specifications of George C. Boldt; he and his wife Louise had become known as the operators of the Bellevue-Stratford, a boutique hotel in This article refers to the largest city of Pennsylvania. For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) Independence Hall Philadelphia (often referred to as Philly) is the sixth-largest city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County.6 As of the... Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Louise Boldt had been instrumental in making that hotel attractive and A Social Register was, at one time, a book detailing just who was a member of polite society in a given country, city, or other locale. There has never been, at any time, a single all-encompassing Social Register known the world around. Instead, local indexes of powerful and wealthy... socially acceptable to wealthy women.

William Astor's construction of a hotel next to his aunt's home furthered and strengthened his feud with her. But with Boldt's help, John Astor persuaded his aunt to move uptown. John Astor then built the Astor Hotel and leased it to Boldt. Intially foreseen as two separate entities, Boldt had planned the new structure so that it could be connected to the old by means what became known as Peacock Alley. To symbolize the connection, the name of the combined hotel was given a double hyphen. The combined Waldorf=Astoria became the largest hotel in the world at the time, while maintaining the original Waldorf's high standards.

Trivia

• The U.S. government keeps a large suite on the hotel's 42nd floor as the Categories: Stub | Diplomacy | Buildings and structures ... ambassadorial residence for its United States Ambasadors to the United Nations, full title, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations (also known as the... United Nations ambassador.
• The hotel has its own platform as part of the Interior of Grand Central Terminal, circa 1920 Grand Central Terminal (often still called Grand Central Station, although technically that is the name of the nearby post office) is a train station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York, a borough of New York City, located at 42nd Street... Grand Central Terminal, used by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Portrait of Adlai Stevenson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900–July 14, 1965) was an American politician and statesman, noted for his skill in debate and oratory. He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States (1952 and 1956). Contents // 1 Childhood and education 2... Adlai Stevenson, and MacArthur landing at Leyte Beach in 1944. Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964) was an American military leader. He served in the U.S. Army most of his life, taking part in three major wars (World War I, World War II, Korean War) and rising to the rank... Douglas MacArthur, among others.

External links and references

• Official website (http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=NYCWAHH)
• Waldorf Towers (http://www.thewaldorftowers.com/)
• The hotel's Grand Central Terminal platform (http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/gct61.html), maintained as a personal project by an employee of Columbia University is a large private research university in New York City comprising, through its affiliates, five undergraduate colleges and sixteen graduate and professional schools. It was established in 1754 as Kings College and is the sixth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The school, now... Columbia University
• "Peacock Alley" explanation (http://www.barrypopik.com/article/30/peacock-alley), from the personal website of an etymological editor/consultant