A circa early 1900s Hotel Astor, New York City silver plate (electroplate) by Gorham teaspoon that is in near mint vintage condition. Marked Pat. Gorham 1903 the letter B in a square, with an anchor, and BP, it measures approximately six inches long and is engraved on the back of the handle in script "Hotel Astor". With its elaborately decorated public rooms and its roof garden, the Hotel Astor was perceived as the successor to the Astor family's Waldorf-Astoria on 34th Street. William C. Muschenheim and his brother, Frederick A. Muschenheim conceived plans for the grand hotel in 1900. The area was then known as Longacre Square and stood beyond the fringe of metropolitan life, the center of New York's carriage-building trade. The Muschenheim brothers became the proprietors for absentee landlord William Waldorf Astor, from whom they leased the land. The hotel opened on September 9, 1904 Item id: 4380 Color: Silver