Talk:Waldorf-Astoria (1893–1929)

Move proposal
The associated commons category is dealing with a proposed move: from Category:Waldorf–Astoria (1897–1929) to Category:Waldorf–Astoria (1893–1929). I support that move and I recommend moving this article to Waldorf–Astoria (1893–1929), which is currently a redirect. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Floor designations for the Astoria
I may be mistaken, but it seems that the floor plans and the article in the "Astoria Hotel" use British designations for the floors of the hotel, that is, the street-level floor is called the "ground floor," and the floor above that is called the "first floor." For example: "On the first floor, at the head-of [sic, the hyphen does not belong] the east main staircase, was the Astor Gallery..." Unless the writer intends to say the "foot" of the staircase, the Astor Gallery is clearly on the second floor. This is an American hotel and the floors should be named or numbered in the American manner. 72.182.33.219 (talk) 19:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Eric

Infobox
Wouldn't this article be better with infobox building? Mjroots (talk) 19:07, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be hyphen?
Shouldn't the name have a hyphen, not a dash? At Waldorf Astoria New York it says "The hotel was originally known as the Waldorf-Astoria with a single hyphen, as recalled by a popular expression and song, 'Meet Me at the Hyphen'." And at MOS:ENBETWEEN it says "Generally, use a hyphen in compounded proper names of single entities." GA-RT-22 (talk) 04:14, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

It should definitely be a hyphen. Like Coca-Cola, 7-Eleven, Harley-Davidson, and Rolls-Royce. GA-RT-22 (talk) 13:42, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Cookbook
Re this: "He authored The Cookbook by Oscar of The Waldorf (1896), a 900-page book featuring all of the recipes of the day, including his own, such as Waldorf salad, Eggs Benedict and Thousand Island dressing." I don't have a copy of the Oxford Companion, which is cited as the source, but Oscar's cookbook only lists Waldorf salad. The other two items are not in there. Also, I doubt very much it includes "all of the recipes of the day". GA-RT-22 (talk) 21:58, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @GA-RT-22 Good point. I have trimmed this down to "a 900-page book featuring recipes such as Waldorf salad". (I also doubt that it included "all of the recipes of the day", as it seems overly broad.) – Epicgenius (talk) 22:01, 17 April 2023 (UTC)