Construction of the Empire State Building began in 1930 on the site of this hyphenated hotel that moved to Park Avenue
A new 
Waldorf-Astoria was built on Park Avenue in the 1930s, and it was... [DOC] [TLE] New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel - America's landmarkNew York's ... [PAR] Aug 26, 2016 ... Hotel lobby at the famed Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue (wikipedia) ... moved to 
England and built the 13-story Waldorf Hotel overlooking his cousin's ... the two 
hotels under the name Waldorf-Astoria with the hyphen becoming a ... original 
hotel was demolished to make room for the Empire State Building.