Starlight Roof, Waldorf Astoria, New York 1949

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Starlight Roof, Waldorf Astoria, New York 1949The Waldorf Astoria Hotel was an icon of glamour and luxury when it was completed in 1931 and became a famous Art Deco landmark in midtown Manhattan. This vintage artwork shows a glamorous lady warrior with a bow and arrow, accompanied by a unicorn, floating through the sky. It was the front cover of the menu at the hotels elite Starlight Roof supper club where performers such as Xavier Cugat, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Glenn Miller performed

While beginning to rebuild Cliff House as a grand castle-like structure

The drawings come from a drinks menu from the Hotel Manteo in Cold Spring

or physical disabilities

the sons of Swiss immigrants

This marvelous restaurant closed in the 1950s and Gal died in 1990

was used to publicize a Mexican restaurant called Tortilla Flats in New Orleans in the 1970s

1700 Oysters first harvested exclusively as a raw material for lime production

Sherry upgraded to a larger (and more prestigious) location at 37th Street and Fifth Avenue

deviled crabs

Decorative wall paintings are a long tradition in hotels and restaurants and perhaps none are as whimsical and charming as the ones created by the noted artist Jo Mora for The Fable restaurant at the Drake-Wiltshire Hotel in San Francisco

The most expensive item on the menu was a 22-ounce Porterhouse steak for four dollars

Part of the property was devoted to gambling in Joe’s Casino

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