Plaza Hotel

The Plaza Hotel is a luxury hotel and condominium apartment building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is located on the western side of Grand Army Plaza, after which it is named, just west of Fifth Avenue, & is between 58th Street & Central Park South, at the southeastern corner of Central Park. Its primary address is 768 Fifth Avenue, though the residential entrance is One Central Park South. Since 2018, the hotel has been owned by the Qatari firm Katara Hospitality. Since its inception, the Plaza Hotel has become an icon of New York City, with numerous wealthy & famous guests. The restaurant spaces & ballrooms have hosted events such as balls, benefits, weddings, and press conferences. The hotel's design, as well as its location near Central Park, has generally received acclaim. In addition, the Plaza Hotel has appeared in numerous books and films. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the hotel's exterior and some of its interior spaces as city landmarks, and the building is also a National Historic Landmark. The hotel is also a member of Historic Hotels of America.

Purpose / Function

To provide paid lodging on a short-term basis.

Denizens

Sarge Cohen owns the entire top floor, & has outfitted it with various traps. Elizabeth Von Eager works as a receptionist.

Hazards & Traps

The top floor is filled to the brim with various explosives that Sarge has put.

Architecture

The Plaza Hotel, a French Renaissance-inspired château-style building, is 251.92 ft tall, with 18 stories. The hotel's floors are numbered according to European usage, where floor 1, corresponding to the second story, is directly above the ground floor. The facade is made of marble at the base, with white brick covering the upper stories, & is topped by a mansard roof. The ground floor contains the two primary lobbies, as well as a corridor connecting the large ground-floor restaurant spaces, including the Oak Room, the Oak Bar, the Edwardian Room, the Palm Court, & the Terrace Room. The upper stories contain the ballroom & a variety of residential condominiums, condo-hotel suites, & short-term hotel suites. At its peak, the Plaza Hotel had over 800 rooms. Following a renovation in 2008, the building has 282 hotel rooms & 181 condos.

History

The building was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh in 1907, with a later addition, by Warren & Wetmore, being built from 1919 to 1922. The interiors of the main public spaces were primarily designed by Hardenbergh, Warren & Wetmore, & Schultze & Weaver. The other interior spaces were by Annabelle Selldorf & date largely to a renovation in 2008. Numerous contractors were involved in the construction of the hotel, including the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company and brick contractor Pfotenhauer & Nesbit.

Founding Date

1907

Alternative Names

The Plaza

Type

Hospitality, Hotel

Parent Location

New York City

Additional Rulers/Owners

• Sarge Cohen