(rshsdepot) "NEW WALDORF GETS OWN RAIL SIDING"

["Paul S. Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

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OK, I looked up the article about knocking down the power plant. Then in 
another article  I saw that the property to be used for the new 
Waldorf-Astoria also had a 7 story Railroad YMCA, the "Boiler Room & [,y 
writing here is illegible, it started with "Bat..."] Works of the NY 
Central"-that would be the Power Plant that was moved to GCT proper and 
opened a few months later; there was a 7 story (most original buildings 
on park after 1912 were seven stories) Adams Express Building (through a 
merger the American Express before it was demolished; and finally the 
fourth structure was the New York Central Car Service Department which 
was to move to Buffalo after it was soon demolished (this is all in 
1929)

Car Service-if that meant rail cars, well I figured there was working 
room below, or maybe for the Express Company....

The power plant was supplying electricity and steam to all the buildings 
on park Avenue and constructed on the  huge many block bridge..there 
were two huge chimneys between the power plant and the Y...

But before I had to dig deeper into these buildings I found this 
article: September 8, 1929 Section XII, page 1, column 8.

"NEW WALDORF GETS OWN RAIL SIDING"

The special elevator that would take private rail car arrivers "directly 
to their suites or the lobby"  

Read about it in this attachment, a jpg made from a scan of a copy of 
the microfilm copy.....
Paul

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