The history of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York Adapted from “Story of a great hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria” (hotel brochure from 1929) The original Waldorf-Astoria hotel was among America’s first big hotels. When it was built during theVictorian era, and for years thereafter,...
For example, beginning in the 1950s, a story called 'Red Velvet Cake' was told about a customer who paid New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel a large sum of money for a red cake recipe. Starting in 1983, the story had mutated so that Mrs. Fields' Cookies was the culprit. In this...
For example, beginning in the 1950s, a story called 'Red Velvet Cake' was told about a customer who paid New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel a large sum of money for a red cake recipe. Starting in 1983, the story had mutated so that Mrs. Fields' Cookies was the culprit. In this...
New Jersey, and the crew had a two-day leave. “All my friends ran off the boat, heading for theEmpire State Buildingor Times Square,” he recalls. “I went straight to the Waldorf-Astoria.”