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Waldorf Astoria - Bored on Wikipedia - Anyway to source this paragraph?
Posted on 7/17/15 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 7/17/15 at 5:23 pm
Wiki Page
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In modern times, the clientele of the Waldorf is more typically wealthy politicians and businessmen than playboys and royalty.[162] An entire floor was often rented out to wealthy Saudi Arabians with their own staff, and it was kept out of bounds to others due to the fact that they reportedly often walked around naked and had some bizarre eating habits and practices such as roasting monkeys and snakes.[163] Wealthy Japanese businessmen during their stay would sometimes remove the furniture and replace it with their own floors mats.[133] One early wealthy resident was Chicago businessman J. W. Gates who would gamble on stocks on Wall Street and play poker at the hotel. He paid up to $50,000 a year to hire suites at the hotel.[164] Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was invited by Waldorf president Lucius Bloomer to stay at the hotel in the 1920s.[165] Demands by people of prominence could often be exorbitant or bizarre, and Fidel Castro once walked into the hotel with a flock of live chickens, insisting that they be killed and freshly cooked on the premises to his satisfaction, only to be turned away.[166] While serving as Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger ordered all of the antiques to be removed from one suite and replaced them with 36 desks for his staff. An unnamed First Lady also once demanded that all of the bulbs in her suite be changed to 100 watt ones and kept on all day and night to simulate daylight; she further insisted that there be an abundance of chewing gum available.[
This post was edited on 7/17/15 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 7/17/15 at 5:24 pm to SmackDaniels
Some of the claims appear to have citations. I ain't doing that shite, though.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 5:51 pm to HempHead
Stayed there this year, their lobby bar was outstanding.
Mahogany wood paneling, good drinks, piano in the corner...
It was like walking onto the set of a movie from the 40's.
Next time you head to NYC its worth a stop.
Mahogany wood paneling, good drinks, piano in the corner...
It was like walking onto the set of a movie from the 40's.
Next time you head to NYC its worth a stop.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 6:17 pm to SmackDaniels
Morehouse III, Ward (1991). The Waldorf Astoria: America's Gilded Dream. Xlibris, Corp. ISBN 978-1413465044.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 6:27 pm to HarryBalzack
The old one on the current site of the Empire State building was really cool.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 6:34 pm to HarryBalzack
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Morehouse III, Ward (1991). The Waldorf Astoria: America's Gilded Dream. Xlibris, Corp. ISBN 978-1413465044
I saw that, wtf does it mean?
Posted on 7/17/15 at 6:36 pm to SmackDaniels
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I saw that, wtf does it mean?
Uh...it's a book.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 6:40 pm to SmackDaniels
lol it's a citation for a book... You fuhhgin dumb as sheet BaW
Posted on 7/17/15 at 7:03 pm to SmackDaniels
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I saw that, wtf does it mean?
Posted on 7/17/15 at 7:43 pm to SmackDaniels
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I saw that, wtf does it mean?
oh dear god
Posted on 7/17/15 at 7:51 pm to SmackDaniels
I wouldn't expect much else from a guy with a BHS student in his signature.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 7:52 pm to go_tigres
Look what the Internet has done
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