|  
 
HOME WORLD MAP BUILDINGS COMPANIES IMAGES PRODUCTS PROPERTY LISTINGS
Your position
: World / North America / U.S.A. / New York City / Waldorf=Astoria
U.S.A.:
U.S.A.: New York City is marked with a red dot. 		New York City (Emporis Image No. )
CITY HOME NEW YORK CITY

Waldorf=Astoria
 



[Enlarge] [Purchase]
/images/2004/05/263925.jpg
(c) Scott Murphy

[Enlarge] [Purchase]
/images/2008/07/635709.jpg
(c) Pawel T

[Enlarge] [Purchase]
/images/2009/09/725587.jpg
(c) Royce Douglas

[Enlarge] [Purchase]
/images/2001/03/108006.jpg
(c) John W. Cahill

[Enlarge] [Purchase]
/images/2001/02/117803.jpg
(c) Scott Murphy

 Photo Compilation
Click here to see more files.

You are using Emporis.com; all data marked with a * plus additional tools are accessible through
Emporis Research
offered by Emporis.


With Emporis Research you get a lot more content. Click here for more details.

Do you have an update for the content on this page?

[E-mail the Emporis Data Team]
[Enter and manage information and photos]

Identification
Name
Waldorf=Astoria
Alternative name
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Emporis Building ID
115502
Location
Main address
301-319 Park Avenue
Virtual address
81-121 East 49th Street
Virtual address
100-120 East 50th Street
Virtual address
538-556 Lexington Avenue
Address as text
*
ZIP
*
Block
1304
Lot
100003
Neighborhood
Midtown
District
Manhattan
City
New York City
State
New York
Country
U.S.A.
Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (tip)
*
Height (architectural)
190.50 m
Height (roof)
*
Length
*
Width
*
Floors (above ground)
47
Construction start
*
Construction end
*
Units
*
Construction costs
*
Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]
Structural material
steel
Facade material
limestone
Facade system
applied masonry
Architectural style
art deco / art moderne
Usages
Main usages
hotel
Features and Amenities
City landmark
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
Floors 28 through 42 are called Waldorf Towers and consist of 181 rooms and suites.
The Waldorf became a Hilton hotel on October 12, 1949.
The three-story ballroom was the largest in the world when it was built, and the combined ballrooms could hold 6,000 guests.
The extraordinary, windowless, block-through lobby, with its dark panels of Oregon maple creates a hidden Expressionist grotto.
Floors 28 through 42 are called Waldorf Towers and consist of 101 VIP apartments.
Eighty percent of the building site, which takes up the entire block between Park and Lexington Avenues and East 48th and East 49th Streets, is supported on steel pylons.
The Waldorf was conceived as a city under one roof.
The hotel is officially called Waldorf=Astoria which represents the connection between the former Waldorf and Astoria Hotels.
Held the world's tallest hotel title for 20 years.
For several years the hotel was the residence of President Hoover's family.
Located across the street from the Colgate-Palmolive Building.
Companies involved in this building

architect: Schultze & Weaver, Harman Jablin Architects

Other companies:
Boomer-duPont Properties Corporation, H.G. Balcom & Associates, Thompson-Starrett & Co., William Waldorf Astor, J.J. Astor IV, Conrad Hotels, TRACO, Clevenger Associates, AKF Engineers
Emporis in English | Emporis auf Deutsch | Emporis en français | Emporis em Português | Emporis en Español