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" read a short item in the newspaper on December 31 of that year

built up and photographed more than any city in the world

the film starring Julie Andrews would become the highest grossing film of 1965

including The New Yorker

” written by Alexander Langlands

Midtown Manhattan Frame Color:White " read a short itemIf you listen carefully, you can still hear Frank Sinatra singing in the grand Hotel Astor as he did from 1940 1942. Taken from the sidewalk, this photograph only hints at the hotels grand proportions. Built in 1905 in the Beaux Arts style, the hotel was envisioned as a successor to the Waldorf Astoria. It had 1,000 guest rooms, a green copper mansard roof, themed ballrooms, exotic restaurants and a rooftop garden. The hotel, however, had a relatively