A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from April 03, 2018
“What do you call a fancy hotel that is hard to find?”/“The Waldo Astoria.”

A joke combines the Where’s Waldo? children’s puzzle books with the Waldorf Astoria New York luxury hotel. “Where’s Waldo Astoria Hotel #LesserNYLandmarks” was posted on Twitter on November 4, 2014. “I booked a stay at the Waldo Astoria but I can’t find it” was posted on Twitter on January 16, 2016.
 
A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 16, 2018:
 
Q: What do you call a fancy hotel that you cannot find?
A: The Waldo Astoria.

 
     
Wikipedia: Waldorf Astoria New York
The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The hotel has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York. The first, bearing the same name, was built in two stages, as the Waldorf Hotel and the Astoria Hotel, which accounts for its dual name. That original site was situated on Astor family properties along Fifth Avenue, opened in 1893, and designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh. It was demolished in 1929 to make way for the construction of the Empire State Building. The present building, at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Midtown Manhattan, is a 47-story 190.5 m (625 ft) Art Deco landmark designed by architects Schultze and Weaver, which was completed in 1931. The current hotel was the world’s tallest hotel from 1931 until 1963, when it was surpassed by Moscow’s Hotel Ukraina by 7 metres (23 ft). An icon of glamour and luxury, the current Waldorf Astoria is one of the world’s most prestigious and best known hotels.[6] Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts is a division of Hilton Hotels, and a portfolio of high-end properties around the world now operate under the name, including in New York City.
 
Wikipedia: Where’s Wally?
Where’s Wally?, published in the US and Canada as Where’s Waldo?, is a British series of children’s puzzle books created by English illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens or more people doing a variety of amusing things at a given location. Readers are challenged to find a character named Wally hidden in the group.
 
Wally is identified by his red-and-white-striped shirt, bobble hat, and glasses, but many illustrations contain red herrings involving deceptive use of red-and-white striped objects. Later entries in the long-running book series added other targets for readers to find in each illustration.
     
Twitter
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@JohnnyAugust1
Where’s Waldo Astoria Hotel #LesserNYLandmarks
12:44 AM - 4 Nov 2014 from Prior Lake, MN
   
Twitter
Mable Syrup
@_MableSyrup
The Where’s Waldo Astoria   #LesserNYLandmarks @midnight
12:52 AM - 4 Nov 2014
 
Twitter
Jake Cohen
@whiskeytown79
I booked a stay at the Waldo Astoria but I can’t find it.
5:31 PM - 16 Jan 2016
   
Twitter
Astoria Bookshop
@astoriabookshop
Did you find Waldo, Astoria? Come join us at 4pm for prizes, activities, and cake! #findwaldolocal
2:50 PM - 30 Jul 2017
   
Reddit—Jokes
What do you call a fancy hotel that you cannot find?
submitted March 16, 2018 by deadstump
The Waldo Astoria.
 
Reddit—Badjokes
What do you call a fancy hotel that is hard to find? (self.badjokes)
submitted March 17, 2018 by deadstump
The Waldo Astoria

Posted by Barry Popik
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