1975

Manhattan: Park Avenue - 49th Street

TWIN CROWNS FOR NEW PEACOCK ALLEY Twin towers atop the new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel make an interesting addition to the New York skyline. This is a spectacular view of the top of the new Waldorf-Astoria at Park Ave., 49th and 50th Sts., 47 stories in height, the world's tallest hotel, opening Oct. 1st. The domes are made of copper sheet leaf, and are surmounted by two beacons, 625 feet above Park Ave. Photo by Underwood and Underwood This photograph was used in NYPL Art Deco exhibit, Apr. 30, 1975.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection