Waldorf=Astoria

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Facts

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.