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American Hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria and the Making of a Century Book Talk by David Freeland

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American Hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria and the Making of a Century Book Talk by David Freeland

October 28, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT

free

In American Hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria and the Making of a Century, historian David Freeland recounts the history of not just an American hotel, but, arguably, the American hotel. From the opening as the Waldorf at its first location at Fifth Avenue at 33rd Street in 1893, then more than doubling in size in 1897 into the Waldorf-Astoria, the hostelry rose to prominence on the local, national, and international stage.

Opening for business on October 1, 1931, the new uptown Waldorf-Astoria struggled through the Depression, but rose to unparalleled prominence in the postwar years. Functioning like an American palace, the Waldorf served as a favored venue for United Nations diplomats and the hotel of choice for American Presidents until its shuttering in 2017. The Waldorf-Astoria’s story, Freeland writes, “is that of America in the twentieth century, and it would be difficult to imagine any hotel bearing the same degree of influence again.”

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Date:
October 28, 2021
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
Cost:
free
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Website:
https://skyscraper.org/programs/american-hotel-the-waldorf-astoria-and-the-making-of-a-century/

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The Skyscraper Museum
39 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280 United States
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Phone
2129456324
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