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William Waldorf Astor built the Waldorf Hotel (1890–93) in New York City, with Boldt as proprietor. John Jacob Astor IV built the adjoining Astoria Hotel (1897). Boldt mediated between the feuding millionaire cousins, leasing the Astoria himself, and merging the two buildings under his management as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
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Jan 10, 2000 · Although it was William Waldorf Astor who conceived and financed the opulent Waldorf Hotel, it was the Waldorf's first manager, George C. Boldt, who established the premiere level...
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Jan 7, 2017 · The elderly gentleman was William Waldorf Astor and he wanted the young clerk to manage his new hotel. George C. Boldt took the challenge up and the rest, as they say, is history. Some call it the origin of the Waldorf principle of selfless service, others an urban legend.
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Oct 19, 2014 · The anecdote tells the rise of the Waldorf Astoria’s first ever manager, George C. Boldt. Many years ago, on one stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small...
Mar 15, 2021 · He was then spirited away to New York City by frequent Bellevue guest William Waldorf Astor, owner of that city’s Waldorf hotel and a feuding cousin of competing millionaire hotel owner John...
- Sandy Hingston
Astors and Vanderbilts visited from New York City, which led to selection of George Boldt to be proprietor of a new hotel William Waldorf Astor was to build in New York City, which would be the finest in America. Oscar Tschirky of the Waldorf Astoria, "Oscar of the Waldorf".
Jun 27, 2023 · William Waldorf Astor built the Waldorf Hotel (1890–93) in New York City, with Georg Boldt as proprietor. John Jacob Astor IV built the adjoining Astoria Hotel (1897).Georg Boldt mediated between the feuding millionaire cousins, leasing the Astoria himself, and merging the two buildings under his management as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
