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It was just something which caught the public's imagination

is one of the world's most recognized landmarks

And new heights will soon be reached in Brooklyn and Queens as well

Churchill defiantly said

Midtown Manhattan collection-international It was just something whichIf you listen carefully, you can still hear Frank Sinatra singing in the grand Hotel Astor as he did from 1940 1942. Taken from the sidewalk, this photograph only hints at the hotels grand proportions. Built in 1905 in the Beaux Arts style, the hotel was envisioned as a successor to the Waldorf Astoria. It had 1,000 guest rooms, a green copper mansard roof, themed ballrooms, exotic restaurants and a rooftop garden. The hotel, however, had a relatively