New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-16
THE NEW ASTORIA.
AN IMMENSE AND LUXURIOUS HOTEL.
EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR ITS GUESTS s.

EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR ITS GUESTS
VARIOUS FEATURES OF THE EQUIPMENT.
4 city IN itself is The Astoria, the latest addi-
Ton 10 NETWORKS complement OF hotels. which
Is slmos, ready for occupancy. Workmen now
engaged In putting the finishing touches to the
thousand and one things not quite done. and the
work oi furnishing the rooms corridors and
halls is being pushed with all speed. George C.
Eod; the proprietor. who has 40 successfully
managed the Waldorf. hopes 10 have the Astoria
ready for its guests by November I. The Astoria
"a 10 be practically aInagamated with the Waldorf
There will be Communication from one building 10
the other and the two Will have only one main
office Later on the Waldorf will be built up 10
the height of the Astoria
Tribune reporter yesterday inspected the hotei
mat is reaching completion ard II Is SAFE 10 say
INT tho public Will be delighted with the results
of Mr. rold;'s efforts when the Astoria Is thrown
anon The structure Itself is mighty one. IL
stands as almost everybody knows. at Fifth-ave.
and Thirty-fourth-st.. opposite the Mammalian
cub and /, rises into the air for sixteen stories
from its plot OF ground which is a9x3oD feet IL Is
h,n, IN the STYLE Of the German renaissance. of
..one marble and brick and OF hrepIoof materials.
with a steel interior structure Henry J. haroe"-
bereh who was the architect OF the Manhattan
and Waldorf hotels. also drew the plans Tor the
Astoria The hotel contains twenty-five pubic
ard about five hundred and fifty guest rooms.
cd ,here are vast stretches OF corridors ana
halls. The main entrance Is through the n'lH
fourth-st. driveway and porte-cocnele. VII '"e
ground floor the womens receP''o" ioo'i''
which il finished in Siena marble ana decorator IN
Pompeiian red. and is so feet on every sioe' 'ne
,an corridor which is nearly 800 feet long and the
main dining room. which fronts on fh'h-aVe' Is
fAxno tee, In size and Is decorated ID inc s'!c "a
~. Italian renaissance and by panels painted oy \
y Turner. This dining-room VIII he throw" i''o
rho Waldorf dining room when the hotel Is opened
an ,t,is aoor TOO are the Offices. the cafe. the odi'
the reading room and the garden court OF pains
where meals will be served as in the "auo'i pi',''
garden The garden court is three STORIES "e
decorated in the Italian style ana se'I,' Vi 20
,e5 ruiz nScttors may survey the diners below
The Old Waldorf ballroom and cq liers VIII 'e
termed into a reading room anu npl I, s e5xa5
10 n me trst f5or is the ballroom. ~ Is H'ASo
frst ENC in od ory and has tiers OF forty
Two boxes for the accommodation Oh $3.50 view Of
oo,, ,e obtaned There is movable STAGE tnat
viii seat one hundred musicians ana tne zoo v,SI.
sTs adorned win numerous panel paitnss S sCHs
OF which are by Will Il Low ana tn ehs Da5ce bS
i iISfa aips"F iasSfied The ballroom will have
private and an eeVa. o he on SET apart and
Connected with the ballroom upon occasion. ooD,s
Inc second floor among ih s,51S Ost drawing
room. buffers pantry. hallway three Oeof I Ters
,no l. The dning-room for misses and children All
~ ,onrs on the third and fourth floors were
dacorated nv Frederick Crowninshieid those on ''e
Gfth floor by Potter and Stymus a .ro
on the thirteenth and fourteenth nooIS ~ r.
APARTMENTS especially designed Tor oache9 a ra
Tdureenfh floor s called the club floor ana seVeIa d.
e3Sietes have rooms there. Including the ONO 20
,i.rv Sorosis has rooms on q lower stoi!' ~ ,n u
fourteenth floor are billiard room ana a coont "
rnSm that may be used by indNiuua!ss VI ~
classes The great parlor IS on the nitse,,.i'
Hoor II has a Suge skylight and many "in Hi
with large southern exposure. 1here vi" "a
kent here all the periodicals OF impor,a anu h
comnlete restaurant facilities There VIII also os
Sra The headquarters OF the mineral waters served
by the hotel The room Is ues's"eu ~ w "
On the roof Is a grand promenade EX-V III, III.
with bandstand and trellises and quaint htei,
nooks and corners with the grandest view 20 DC iao
In the civ Yonkeis and the orange s.s
and the ocean can be seen on ialr Gay. III s.,ed
nortion OF The roof will be gassed over and ntted
for promenade purposes. ,...ad aiiLa and
nf ali lie rooms no two are decorated adke, any any
most OF them have private baths f;ach moor ~
he nracically hotel OF itself. II Will nave ~
10 corns OF servants, clerks and pages anu $50
rata narlors There eight electric pas,seh
eeva tors which work smoothly ana siieH..S os.rn
short the Astoria combines all the inos' .m6 ex
imnrovements and advantages that care anu f ct
rarsnce and money provide Tor the cohito,,.
and the luxury OF guests The guest mas ths
a. - bia hand and he has at his coInHlailu tue
,'ostofice the Telegraph, the telephone the 1900
,be enunaees the messenger service, H,e uoc,J
Zoe LAWYER the theatres, the plcture IT, NAV
s,ocL M ket and hundred other Things re me- ny
IT, Z, retrement almost monastic or ne may CIV
a Grand ball but whatever he ooee 10 uoi b,mseIf
ex5ensc NJ almost care or troupe 70 i.,Iis.iI
All no has TO do Is to pay the plis anu "ie &c
Sources OF the city are his.