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301 Park Avenue
Waldorf Astoria Hotel (1931)

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 48th Street

Park Avenue, east side, looking north from 48th Street, showing the new Waldorf-Astoria, on the east side between 49th and 50th
Streets, opening October first.
Below it, between 48th and 49th Streets, stands the Park Lane (1929); above, at 5lst Street, is the Ambasssdor (19204, and at
57th Street the Ritz Towers (1926).
The Queensboro Bridge is visible in right background.
September 1931.
International News Photos.

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IMAGE DATE1931
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