Description
The Astor is located on a calm Paris street close to the Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré with its haute couture boutiques, nearby the renowned department stores, walking distance to the Champs-Elysées, the Place de la Concorde and la Madeleine Church. The seven-story building was built in 1907 as an appartment complex. Its facade of Paris stone is decorated with typical Art Nouveau corbelling and ornaments. In 1930, the new owner converted the building into a hotel, calling it the Astor in honour of the American hotel dynasty. A group of private investors purchased the property in 1992. After being completely renovated and redecorated by one of France's foremost interior designers, Frédéric Mechiche, it re-opened in June 1996. Mechiche's decorative scheme of the Astor recaptures the luxury and elegance of the grand Parisian hotels of the Thirties.