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East Lyme couple returning to NYC Waldorf at 1952 rate: $16.80 a night

Associated Press

Publication: The Day

Published 03/02/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 03/01/2012 11:03 PM

New York — A Connecticut couple will mark their 60th wedding anniversary at New York's Waldorf-Astoria for the same $16.80 per night they paid on their honeymoon.

Isidore and Joan Schwartz, of East Lyme still have their hotel bill from March 2, 1952.

Today, rooms at the Waldorf start at $319 a night.

The hotel charges the original room rate for returning guests celebrating a milestone. It says two or three couples a year take advantage of the deal.

The former New Yorkers met on a blind date in 1950. Their wedding reception was on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Joan Schwartz tells the Daily News that it cost $4.75 a head for a catered steak dinner and ice sculpture decorations.

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