HERMAN LEE MEADER, ARCHITECT WALDORF BUILDING 33 rd STREET— FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY CIA55' Hotel Astob TWENTY-THIRD STREET THK WALDO K F BUILDING occupies the plot Nos. 2-16 West 33rd Street, long owned by the estate of John Jacob Astor ; and recently enlarged through the purchase by Vincent Astor of No. 1 5 West 32nd Street, which now gives it a main frontage of 200 feet, and a depth running through the entire block. THE WALDORF BUILDING is at the very heart of that marvelous half-square mile between the Metropolitan Tower and Times Square, wherein is crowded the city's most important hotels, theaters and stores. Macy's, Sak's, Gimbel's, McCreery's, Altman's, Gor- ham's, Best's, Lord & Taylor's, Vantine's, and Tiffany's, are within two hundred yards. The Hotel McAlpin, the Imperial, the Martinique, the Grand, the Breslin, the Vanderbilt, the Park Avenue, and the Holland House are within one hundred and fifty yards. THE WALDORF BUILDING has unsurpassed transit facilities. On 33rd Street are stations of the Pennsylvania R.R.,the Long Island R.R., the Hudson and Man- hattan Tubes, the Sixth Avenue Elevated R.R., and the Fourth Avenue Subway. There will also be stations of the Seventh Avenue and Broadway Subways. The Fifth Avenue motor 'bus line passes the 32nd Street entrance ; and on 34th Street, the surrace cars carrv the heaviest cross town traffic on Manhattan Island. THE WALDORF BUILDING is directly across the street from the Waldorf-Astoria, which, regardless of competition by more recently built hotels, is still the rendezvous for the smartest people in New York, and a mecca for the most exclusive visitors from out of town. The Waldorf-Astoria is more than a hotel — it is an institution about which social New York pivots, and the Waldorf Building maintains the same prestige among uptown business buildings. THE WALDORF BUILDING will contain shops on the ground floor, and they are so planned as to cater to the most exclusive patronage. Each shop will have a basement for storage, a well lighted mezzanine balcony for office purposes, and a rear entrance for general service. With all goods received and delivered at the rear, wagons will not interfere with carriages and automobiles, and the sidewalk will be as attractive to shoppers as it is along the Rue de Rivoli. THE WALDORF BUILDING will provide showrooms of various sizes, on the first and second floors, the entire fronts of which are plate glass The third, fourth and fifth floors will provide lofts approximately 22,000 square feet in area, which will be sub- divided to suit tenants. The upper floors are divided into offices, having unobstructed light on all sides and a view tar over the city and out into Long Island. THE WALDORF BUILDING presents a unique exterior appearance. Except for the end piers, which are of richly sculptured stone, the structural supports through the lower three stories are masked by a veneer of mirrors permitting a facade of plate glass for its entire 200 feet of length and 40 feet in height, broken only by slender mullions, and narrow panels of ornamental iron. This great field of glass will be illuminated with tungsten lamps and mirrored reflectors, at night, affording an opportunity to display merchandise, which for extent and artistic effect has not been equalled. THE WALDORF BUILDING, under the contract between the owner and the Astor Estate, cannot be sold and therefore is not a speculative building operation, but an invest- ment proposition, and every provision has been made for the comfort and safety of its occu- pants. There are four continuous lines of stairways leading to exits on two streets. The building is served by seven elevators, four high speed passenger cars and three heavy service freight cars. There are two men's and two women's toilets on each floor. The building is so favorably rated by the Board of Fire Underwriters that an exceedingly low rate of insur- ance is available for the tenants. THE WALDORF BUILDING, by agreement with the Astor Estate, will permit no manufacturing on the premises and will enforce the most rigid restrictions against any sort of objectionable occupancy. In every way it will be maintained as the building de luxe of uptown New York. ROUND FLOOR PL FREIGHT R A 17 C S Et-E.VA.TORS FIFTH AVENUE HandZ® FLOOR PLA H UJ *1 □ Z o Id m i > i COURT ■ m 1835 Sq. Ft. □ 24' x 40' 1 18' x 42' 18' x 34' e m- — 18' x 34' 18' x 34' 18' x 34' 18' x 34' LJ LlI CL H m a a: FIFTH AVENUE TYPICAL LOFT FLOOR FIFTH AVENUE FIFTH AVENUE V 7 ) 3 2nd STREET FRONT WALDORF BUILDING FOR SPACE APPLY TO OWNER 32ND-33RD STREET CORPORATION LESLIE R. PALMER, Presidm 68 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK CITY OR YOUR OWN BROKER PHiNitn nv iouis f. fc.uma THE C/UtlMFT THUS NIW YOUR I J