Word: waldorf-astoria
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...been the chief instrument of his profession, mingles in just the right quantities, elements of deference and cordiality. Many people the world around know of Oscar; many pretend they know him; a great many actually have come to know him during the 35 years he has been with the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel...
...talked of leases and rents, and how many stories an office building must rise in order to yield income proportionate to the value of a property in terms of Fifth Avenue frontage. In the end, they nodded in agreement on a real estate dicker which will wipe out the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a famed Manhattan landmark, a tradition of princesses and kings, Peacock Alley, memories of the Bradley-Martin ball...
Actually the Waldorf-Astoria, as it now stands, is two buildings. The first was erected by William Waldorf Astor, famed in real-estate deals of the last century, on the site of his residence at 33rd Street & Fifth Avenue. He planned to spend the rest of his life in England, and wanted to leave a great hotel as memorial. The Hotel Waldorf was the result...
Then, as the Nineteenth Century drew to its close, was the golden time of the Waldorf-Astoria. Prancing, sleek horses drew gleaming broughams and victorias to the doors, porters ushered bejewelled ladies and distinguished gentlemen into the labyrinthine lobby. Hansom cabs picked up titled fares at the portals...
...Manhattan. Soprano Gertrude Kappel, famed for her Wagner, hurried in a taxi toward the Waldorf-Astoria where she was to sing for 1,000 clubwomen. Clubwomen waited but Singer Kappel's cab had crashed into another, she had been thrown from the seat, jounced on the floor. Thirty-five minutes later she entered the Waldorf ballroom. Bruised, she sang...