Caroline Astor Residence, 1893.

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Caroline Astor Residence, 1893.

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Format:

1 photographic reproduction ; 22.6 x 19.3 cm.

Date:

1893

Street Address:

Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.

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Description:

View south down Fifth Avenue from intersection with 34th Street. Northwest corner (foreground): residence of Caroline Astor at 350 Fifth Ave. Future site of the Astoria Hotel erected in 1897. Southwest corner (background): Waldorf Hotel; built in 1893 on the former site of William Astor's home.

Description continued:

The Waldorf Hotel combined with the Astoria in 1897. The hotel was moved uptown and the site was razed in 1929 to make way for the Empire State Building.

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Subjects:

Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, 1830-1908 -- Homes and haunts.
Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1848-1919 -- Homes and haunts.
Street life.
Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)

Rights Management:

The images and information provided in this collection may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the Mina Rees Library, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, except for "fair use" as defined by copyright law.

Rights Management 2:

Image courtesy of the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association.

Contributing Institution:

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.

Publisher:

Mina Rees Library; City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.

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