Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (and Neighbors), NYC, 2017.
All the opulent, if somewhat dated, pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32609074081
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (and Neighbors), NYC, 2017.
All the opulent, if somewhat dated, pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32609074081
#photography
The Waldorf-Astoria is perhaps New York’s most prominent monument to jazz age luxury and glamor. It’s been the traditional residence for US presidents and foreign heads of state when in town (the “presidential suite” was meant rather literally there).
Built over the below-grade railyard of Grand Central Terminal, the hotel was equipped with a private rail siding and platform where guests could park their personal railcars(!). (Andy Warhol once threw a party on the platform.)
@mattblaze@federate.social spent two nights there on my one and only visit to Manhattan, so far. Oddly configured room that looked like piece of an old suite chopped-up, but staying there was a great experience.