A Moroccan immigrant’s goal was to make guests, including nine U.S. presidents, feel right at home amid the grandeur of a landmark Manhattan hotel.
Source: New York Times
Jimmy Elidrissi, Waldorf Bellhop for Five Decades, Dies at 74
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