Was: $375.00 Price Now: $295.00 Saving: $80.00  The Unofficial Palace of New YorkWhen Cole Porter sang "What a swell party it is, " he may have been toasting the Waldorf-Astoria, the grandest hotel in New York City and "The hotel within a hotel, " referring, of course, to the Waldorf Towers that occupies the 27th to the 42nd floors of the landmark building. If the walls themselves could sing, you would hear from kings and queens, business tycoons, Hollywood stars, and U.S. Presidents who have stayed there. The guest list of permanent residents have included President Hoover, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Frank Sinatra, and none other than Cole Porter who penned many famous melodies in his Waldorf Tower suite. for the sentimentalists among us, Porter's Steinway grand piano is still in the Cocktail Terrace and plunked nightly. One remarkable book celebrates his Waldorf like no other. Only five thousand copies of The Unofficial Palace of New York were printed from type for the friends of the hotel. a rare previously-owned edition of the 1939 souvenir-record of the Waldorf-Astoria. The Unofficial Palace of New York. Gifts, Books Reading |
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