Current Events > Waldorf Astoria NYC to be gutted, turned into condos

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CiIantro
10/27/17 12:56:53 AM
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Really sad actually. Stayed there a couple times--definitely my favorite hotel in NYC. It was built in the titanic-era and still retained a lot of that classic luxury/charm. Manhattan will be losing something iconic :-/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLIP9bF2jdI
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WalkingLobsters
10/27/17 12:58:04 AM
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out with the old
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DippinSauce
10/27/17 12:58:16 AM
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I worked a couple events there a few years back. Wasn't it bought by some Chinese billionaire?
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Sativa_Rose
10/27/17 12:59:00 AM
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Weird, you would think that's the kind of place that would be making so much $ this would never happen.
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CiIantro
10/27/17 1:00:24 AM
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DippinSauce posted...
I worked a couple events there a few years back. Wasn't it bought by some Chinese billionaire?

A Chinese firm bought it, yeah.

Sativa_Rose posted...
Weird, you would think that's the kind of place that would be making so much $ this would never happen.

According to the vid, it is the most expensive purchase of any hotel ever.
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CADE FOSTER
10/27/17 1:01:53 AM
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CiIantro
10/27/17 1:02:57 AM
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Fun fact: Paris Hilton and her sister grew up living in the Waldorf.

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E32005
10/27/17 1:03:09 AM
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People freaking out over islamic terror and lone wolf shooters; meanwhile the Chinese are buying up the US right under our noses.
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CADE FOSTER
10/27/17 1:04:15 AM
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E32005 posted...
People freaking out over islamic terror and lone wolf shooters; meanwhile the Chinese are buying up the US right under our noses.

yep they also own the biggest pork or chicken producers in america
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MorbidFaithless
10/27/17 1:05:33 AM
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Sad
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E32005
10/27/17 1:06:32 AM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
E32005 posted...
People freaking out over islamic terror and lone wolf shooters; meanwhile the Chinese are buying up the US right under our noses.

yep they also own the biggest pork or chicken producers in america

they've bought up massive swaths of LA SF Seattle and Vancouver

I heard they also have massive ownership of countries all over africa to strip resources, just like we do!

I wonder who they learned it from...
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The Admiral
10/27/17 1:06:55 AM
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This has been in the works for two years. The restaurant and hotel shut down months ago. Very sad though, that was an iconic NYC spot
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DoctorVader
10/27/17 1:07:43 AM
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E32005 posted...
People freaking out over islamic terror and lone wolf shooters; meanwhile the Chinese are buying up the US right under our noses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8buh5A70loA

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CiIantro
10/27/17 1:08:39 AM
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The Admiral posted...
This has been in the works for two years. The restaurant and hotel shut down months ago. Very sad though, that was an iconic NYC spot

Bull & Bear steakhouse was where I bought my first $100 steak. RIP ;__;
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CADE FOSTER
10/27/17 1:08:52 AM
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CiIantro
10/27/17 1:11:17 AM
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I am curious as to how much these things will cost. Would love to move to NYC, but my budget for a small 1-bedroom would be ~$500k. I would be shocked to see any of these go for less than $1m.
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DoctorVader
10/27/17 1:17:53 AM
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CiIantro posted...
I am curious as to how much these things will cost. Would love to move to NYC, but my budget for a small 1-bedroom would be ~$500k. I would be shocked to see any of these go for less than $1m.

Lol, you're looking at close to $5m.
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CiIantro
10/27/17 1:18:33 AM
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DoctorVader posted...
CiIantro posted...
I am curious as to how much these things will cost. Would love to move to NYC, but my budget for a small 1-bedroom would be ~$500k. I would be shocked to see any of these go for less than $1m.

Lol, you're looking at close to $5m.

Bah, figured.
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The Admiral
10/27/17 1:36:52 AM
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DoctorVader posted...
CiIantro posted...
I am curious as to how much these things will cost. Would love to move to NYC, but my budget for a small 1-bedroom would be ~$500k. I would be shocked to see any of these go for less than $1m.

Lol, you're looking at close to $5m.


Reality is in between those two. The 1BR condos in that building will start around $2M. The upper floor penthouses will likely be in the $20+M range.
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GreatEvilEmpire
10/27/17 1:40:18 AM
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Sad day. This place was in one of my favorite movies...Coming to America.

I also stayed there with my girlfriend at the time for the purpose of hotel sex. Beautiful room. We ordered some hot chocolate cake and the server thought she was my wife.
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dr_zomberg
10/27/17 1:42:07 AM
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so the cookbook of the restaurant that i own is now a very sought after collectors item?
opening bid is at 4 billion.
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Sativa_Rose
10/27/17 1:43:16 AM
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btw I don't know why people are surprised about China. Remember all that talk for years about how China was pumping out like 200,000 engineers and scientists a day? They weren't joking. China is an economic empire.
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CiIantro
10/27/17 1:44:22 AM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Sad day. This place was in one of my favorite movies...Coming to America.

I also stayed there with my girlfriend at the time for the purpose of hotel sex. Beautiful room. We ordered some hot chocolate cake and the server thought she was my wife.

What a beautiful story.
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GreatEvilEmpire
10/27/17 8:10:30 PM
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CiIantro posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Sad day. This place was in one of my favorite movies...Coming to America.

I also stayed there with my girlfriend at the time for the purpose of hotel sex. Beautiful room. We ordered some hot chocolate cake and the server thought she was my wife.

What a beautiful story.


Thank you. To finish the story, we broke up after 8 months and never saw each other again.
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