NEW YORK _ It isn't the biggest hotel in New York, nor the most expensive. But when it comes to prestige, the Waldorf-Astoria has no peer.
When presidents come to New York, they stay at the Waldorf-Astoria. Kings and queens make it their home away from home, as have people as diverse as Cary Grant, the Dalai Lama and Chris Evert. Some of them liked the hotel so well, they made their home there.
Cole Porter wrote some of his most memorable songs in the 25 years he occupied a suite in the Waldorf Towers. Remember ``You're the top ... you're a Waldorf salad''?
Herbert Hoover occupied a suite for decades after he left the presidency in 1933. Gen. Douglas MacArthur wrote his memoirs there after he was fired by President Harry S. … 
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