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Building under construction, 750 Third Avenue (East 47th Street - East 48th Street), December 17, 1957.<br><br><br />
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Wurts Brothers. From a collection of photographs of New York City.<br><br />
The New York Public Library, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.<br><br><br />
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Magnificent New York: The Wurts Brothers

The Astor family played a major role in the development of luxury living and dining in New York City. The Astor House (1836-1913), the Waldorf-Astoria (1893, 1897, 1931-present), the St. Regis (1899-present), and the Hotel Astor, which opened in 1904 and closed during Prohibition, were all built by one Astor or another. This luncheon menu cover for December 27, 1909, is typical of the Hotel Astor's appealing chromolithographic designs.<br><br><br />
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Hotel Astor, New York. Luncheon menu cover, December 27, 1909.<br><br />
The New York Public Library, Rare Book Division, Buttolph Menu Collection.<br><br><br />
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Legendary New York Restaurants II: Highlights from the Buttolph Menu Collection

Alexander Alland. Patience, the northernmost of the two New York Public Library Lions (Fifth Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Street). Photograph, ca. 1930s.<br><br><br />
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Selection from the Photographic Views of New York City Collection, 1900-1939.<br><br />
The New York Public Library, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.<br><br><br />
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Demolish, Build: Photographic Views of NYC, 1870s-1970s

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