Waldorf Astoria New York

As one of the first 'grand hotels' to combine elegance with luxurious amenities and services, The Waldorf Astoria has been renowned worldwide for over a century. An official New York City landmark since 1993, the Art Deco property occupies an entire city block of prime, mid-town Manhattan real estate - offering an extravagant choice of opulent event spaces.

The Waldorf Astoria New York event spaces remain international icons on the venue scene. For connoisseurs of the Art Deco period, there is no more thrilling destination than The Waldorf Astoria hotel. Widely recognised as one of the most significant examples of Art Deco art and architecture in the world, this impressive New York landmark is a living museum of design and decorative ornamentation, unusual paintings and striking motifs.

The fascinating vignettes that flank the hotel entrance detail the hotel's magnificent architectural features, such as the priceless murals and the mosaic in the Park Avenue Lobby. The Waldorf Astoria New York features 375 rooms and Suites. Each room is decorated individually; no two are exactly alike. The Waldorf Astoria New York event spaces are a vast resource of 37,453 square feet of distinctive and versatile venues, with 15 rooms capable of hosting gatherings ranging from small and private to the most grand and extraordinary.

Three distinctive restaurants and lounges offer an array of distinctive cuisine - Peacock Alley, Lex Yard, and Yoshoku. Historic Peacock Alley, located in the main lobby, is renowned for its small plates menu.

March 13, 1893 Millionaire William Waldorf Astor opened the 13-story Waldorf Hotel on the site of his mansion at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. Four years later, in November 1897 The Waldorf was joined by the 17-story Astoria Hotel, erected on an adjacent site by Waldorf's cousin, John Jacob Astor IV. John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic on April 15, 1912 and William Waldorf Astor died on 18 October 1919.

In May 1929 the first Waldorf-Astoria closed, with so many new technological advances being adopted, it had become dated in the 1920's. The site was sold to the developers of what would become the Empire State building.The second Waldorf-Astoria hotel opened in 1931 at its current location on Park Avenue and was the tallest and largest hotel in the world. President Herbert Hoover, in a broadcast radio address from The White House, saluted the new hotel and its builders: "The opening of the new Waldorf Astoria is an event in the advancement of hotels... (it) marks the measure of a nation's growth in power, in comfort and in artistry."