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Waldorf Astoria reopens as ‘The Greatest of Them All’ after 8-year renovation

The Waldorf Astoria has reopened following an eight-year closure for a full-scale restoration and renovation.

The historic Park Avenue hotel, which originally closed in 2017, underwent a comprehensive overhaul that reduced its 1,400 hotel rooms to 375 larger guest rooms and suites. The project also added 372 private residences, marking the first time in the property’s history that ownership has been available.

"They call it 'The Greatest of Them All' for a reason because some hotels, they just speak to you and this hotel has an incredible soul," said managing director Luigi Romaniello. "You feel the energy already when you first walk in and then now it's a hotel that is moving forward, writing a new chapter in the future."

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00:00Oh
00:30I'll be struck again.
00:34You can see that in Dallas.
00:36Yeah.
00:38I can.
00:39Yeah.
00:47The country is ready.
00:48Yes.
00:49Yeah.
00:50Ha ha.
00:51Yeah.
00:51Yeah.
00:52Yeah.
00:53Yeah.
00:54It's all along the distance.
00:59it finally happened right eight years in the making but it's been such a great success story
01:11because everybody was waiting for it but we had to do it absolutely right you know you have to
01:17think about it hasn't been just a renovation it's been a complete restoration you know from
01:21from the ground up you know we worked on all the legacy ceilings and all the artwork all the
01:28architectural detail it requires so many craft people to come in it was just an incredible
01:33undertake but now we're left with a really gorgeous hotel and residence everything was
01:39transformed you know two years just to demolish the hotel you know internally because we went
01:44from being 1,400 guest rooms into being only 375 guest rooms so our rooms doubled up and even
01:51the suites so we have some of the largest accommodations in New York City and then of
01:56course we build also 372 residences so this is the very first time you can actually own a piece
02:02of the world of Astoria in New York before it never happened before so it's very very exciting times
02:05they call it the greatest of them all for a reason it's because you know some hotels you know they
02:11just speak speak to you and this hotel is an incredible soul imagine through over a century of
02:18tradition and all of that so in essence you walk in you feel the energy already when you first walk in
02:24and then now it's a hotel that is moving forward there is a writing a new chapter in the future so
02:29even though you feel the nostalgia when you come in when you admire all the details then you have
02:35this element of surprise as you discover all these areas and of course the clock is there the piano is
02:41there from Cole Porter but then you see all these beautiful new areas you go my goodness this is a
02:46really special a greatest of them all hotel
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