A Look Back at The Waldorf-Astoria New York

Society girls gather around the Presidents Birthday Ball cake circa 1933.
Society girls gather around the Presidents Birthday Ball cake circa 1933.
Winston Churchill speaks at a banquet in his honor at the hotel in March 1946.
Astronaut John Glenn and wife visit with General Douglas McArthur in April 1962.
Bob Hope and Gina Lollobrigida at Time Magazine’s 40th anniversary dinner on May 6, 1963.
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber arrive for an event at the hotel in 1998.
Frank Langella and Bryan Cranston in the grand ballroom on Feb. 27, 2017 for the Roundabout Theatre Gala.
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Towers shortly after completetion in 1931.
Inside the main lobby, 2005
Limousines idle beside the hotel’s main entrance, 1988