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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

Published Tue, Feb 28, 2017 · 09:50 PM

New York

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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