Hotel Astor, New York

more of Joseph Drexler and
The Jubilee Boys (International Geneva Association)

The Astor has been build in 1904 (11 floors over ground) closed in 1967 and demolished at 1969 to be replaced by a tall office tower. With its enormous public rooms and an elaborate roof garden, the Astor Hotel was seen as a successor to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

John Jacon Astor (1763-1848) started a fur and musical instrument business in New York.  With the money the family earned, they bought property that later included the Hotel Astor and the Waldorf-Astoria.

Annual Geneva Charity Ball
International Geneva Association
Hotel Astor, Febuary, 12th, 1951

Hotel Astor, February 12, 1951
April 28, 1952

Some views on Astor...

World War II is over - Ship Dance October 12, 1945 Joe Drexler and a cook
Times Square WWII is over Joe sings   roof garden
Hotel Astor A very old postcard Sheraton Astor
  Very old postcard     Another card
New Great Ball room 1909 Dick Jurgens at Astor Roof Garden
Great Ball room Ball room     Dick Jurgens
       

    Last modified at January 6th, 2003

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