New York's historic Waldorf Astoria closing for facelift
Treasures such as the four-storey grand ballroom and sprawling mosaic decorating the entrance may be gone
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IT'S goodbye for now to the grand Art Deco lobby and celebrities crossing paths en route to "The Towers" at the Waldorf Astoria: one of the world's most luxurious hotels is closing for renovation.
The legendary establishment opened at its Park Avenue location in mid-town Manhattan in 1931 with more than 1,400 rooms, the largest - and tallest - anywhere at the time.
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