Towering above the bustle of Times Square, the Hotel Astor presents its ornate Beaux-Arts mansard roofline and ten stories of rusticated stonework in this evocative real-photo-toned linen-era card — a "Cross-Roads of the World" view that captures vintage automobiles streaming past the marquee-lit entrance on Broadway, with the bold "Hotel Astor" neon sign gleaming from the corner. The Hotel Astor, opened in 1904 at the corner of Broadway and 44th–45th Streets, was for decades one of New York City's grandest addresses: home to lavish banquets, the celebrated Astor Bar, and the breezy Astor Roof garden that made it a magnet for celebrities, politicians, and tourists alike. This card, produced by Lumitone Photoprint of New York and printed in the USA, dates stylistically to the 1930s–early 1940s based on the automobile models visible and the linen-adjacent Lumitone process. The hotel was demolished in 1967, making all surviving documentary cards desirable to New York City history collectors. The back carries a detailed promotional description of the hotel's amenities — unused and clean.