Waldorf Astoria New York Reopens: Here's Our First Look - The Points Guy

Waldorf Astoria New York reopens: Here's our first look - The Points Guy

The Waldorf Astoria New York is a hotel that changed the history of hotels. Throughout the years, there have been many versions of the famed property, from its original inception in the late 19th century to the modern, towering icon gracefully sitting between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue today.TANNER SAUNDERS/THE POINTS GUYThis property, which Conrad Hilton called "the greatest of them all," introduced the world to modern room service and ic…

The Newly Reopened Waldorf Astoria Honors New York’s Glorious Drinking Past

New guests at Manhattan’s historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel, which officially opened on July 15 after a lengthy, eight-year restoration, will get a different kind of welcome when they check in. In the past, patrons would make a beeline to the north side of the capacious lobby, because that was where the front desk stood. If they make that same journey today, however, they will come face to face not with a hotel clerk, but a bartender. This is the n…