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The 16-story original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Fifth Avenue, west side between 33rd to 34th strets. Henry J. Hardenbergh, 1893-1896. It was demolished in 1929 to make way to 102-story Empire State Building.

The original Waldorf-Astoria. View looking soutwest from Fifth Avenue and 34th. Street. 1898.

Photo: Geo P. Hall & Son.

Source: “Staley’s Views New York 1909″. New York,  Geo P. Hall & Son. 1909.

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