Re-creating a Waldorf Astoria That No One Remembers

Perhaps the New Yorkiest of New York’s million buildings — the finest storehouse of the city’s memories, myths, and cinematic charm — is the Waldorf Astoria. Few of us ever slept, drank, or got married there; fewer still attended one of Frank Sinatra’s birthday parties, heard Winston Churchill double down on his “Iron Curtain” speech, or watched a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in the ballroom, but that doesn’t prevent us…