Home | About Waldorf Astoria | Gallery | Waldorf Astoria Reservations  
A1 Luxury Hotels
   
 
 

Reservations call 800-780-5733 Discount code 195323

Waldorf Astoria
Arrival Date:
Departure Date:
 

Waldorf Astoria FAST FACTS

Name: Waldorf Astoria

Location: The heart of midtown Manhattan at 301 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022 (This is minutes from the famed Fifth Avenue)

Accommodations: 1,245 guest rooms, including 197 suites. The Waldorf Towers offers 101 suites and 79 deluxe rooms.

Affiliations: The National Trust's Historic Hotels of America

Facilities and Services: Four restaurants, five bars and lounges, fitness center, business center, shopping arcade, concierge services, 24-hour room service.

At its opening, the Waldorf Astoria was the largest hotel in the world.

 
 


A1 Luxury Hotels Epitomizes
the Grand Hotel Experience
"When Only The Very Best Will Do"


Waldorf Astoria
New York

      
 
With a pair of 42-story towers rising from an 18-story base, the Waldorf-Astoria commands a prominent perch on majestic Park Avenue. The entrance to the Waldorf Towers is just around the comer on East 50th Street, and there's another main portal on Lexington Avenue. Just a short walk away are midtown landmarks like Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, and St. Patrick's Cathedral, plus the smart shops of Fifth and Madison avenues.

The initial restoration of the hotel's Art Deco treasures in the 1980s revealed a long-lost cache of exquisite artwork that had been covered up for decades, victims of the "modernization" craze that swept the country in the 1950s and `60s. Underneath a carpet in the Park Avenue lobby, for example, was the magnificent, 148,000-piece "Wheel of Life" mosaic by French artist Louis Rigal, whose 13 allegorical oil murals on the adjacent walls were hidden under heavy draperies. A dropped ceiling covered ornate mouldings and gold leaf decorations. Art Deco medallions, grillwork, and other adornments are found throughout the public areas.

Synonymous with wealth, glamor, power and opulence, the name “Waldorf” has figured into tales of Manhattan for generations. In movies it has meant everything from a broken heart to a fortune made. For Americans of all stripes, it meant spending New Year’s Eve in front of the television watching Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians playing “Auld Lang Syne” from the hotel’s Starlight Roof.

Be a part of Waldorf Astoria New York history... Stay here on your next stay to New York. You'll be glad you did.

One of the country’s more expensive overnights, the hotel properly called the Waldorf-Astoria is still a worthwhile Superior Stay for humble history lovers. Its story goes back to 1893 when the wealthy William Waldorf Astor opened his Waldorf Hotel on Fifth Avenue, attracting a monied clientele. William’s cousin, John Jacob Astor IV, opened a similar hotel right next door in 1897, drawing his well-to-do friends and associates. The two Astors linked their buildings with a corridor and the complex became known as the “Waldorf-Astoria.”

 

     
 

 

A1 Luxury Hotels
"When Only the Very Best Will Do"
Waldorf Astoria
New York
 

      
Waldorf Astoria    About Waldorf Astoria    Gallery    Waldorf Astoria Reservations     Partner Websites    Site Map

©2008  A1LuxuryHotels.com. All rights reserved.

DLConcepts Website Design and Hosting