Midtown Manhattan Frame Color:White City Hall stands in front

City Hall stands in front of Newspaper Row -- the former publishing headquarters of The World (left)

345 with a pair of home runs

The audience applauded vigorously

" read a short item in the newspaper on December 31 of that year

Midtown Manhattan Frame Color:White City Hall stands in frontIf you listen carefully, you can still hear Frank Sinatra singing in the grand Hotel Astor as he did from 1940 1942. Taken from the sidewalk, this photograph only hints at the hotels grand proportions. Built in 1905 in the Beaux Arts style, the hotel was envisioned as a successor to the Waldorf Astoria. It had 1,000 guest rooms, a green copper mansard roof, themed ballrooms, exotic restaurants and a rooftop garden. The hotel, however, had a relatively