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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York
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Quick Facts
City  New York
Country  USA
Year  1931
Height  190,5m / 625ft
Floors  47
Realisation
Architect  Schultze & Weaver
Building Info
Name  Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Category  Hotel
Alias  Waldorf=Astoria
Materials  limestone
brick
granite
Address  301 Park Avenue (between 49th & 50th Streets)
Notes
The contract for the hotel was signed on the day of the stock market crash, October 29, 1929.
It was the largest and tallest hotel in the world when it opened in 1931.
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