| Famous hotels in New York City include | | | | On November 28, 1966, in honor of |
| the Plaza Hotel and the Waldorf-Astoria. | | | | publisher Katharine Graham, Truman |
| The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a | | | | Capote hosted his acclaimed "Black & |
| landmark 19-story luxury hotel on the | | | | White Ball" in the Grand Ballroom. |
| corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park | | | | In September 1985, the Plaza Accord was |
| South in Manhattan. On the south side of | | | | signed at the Plaza. The Accord served |
| the Plaza (between 57th and 58th | | | | as an agreement among the finance |
| Streets) once stood the French | | | | ministers of the United States, Japan, |
| Renaissance château of Cornelius | | | | West Germany, France and Britain to |
| Vanderbilt II, designed by George Browne | | | | bring down the price of the U.S. dollar |
| Post; rising behind its gated front | | | | against their currencies. |
| court, it was the grandest of the Fifth | | | | Ownership |
| Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age. | | | | Donald Trump bought the Plaza for $407.5 |
| The Plaza is the second hotel of that | | | | million in 1988. Trump commented on his |
| name on the site. The French Renaissance | | | | purchase in a full-page open letter he |
| château-style building was designed by | | | | had published in The New York Times: |
| Henry Janeway Hardenbergh and opened to | | | | I haven't purchased a building, I have |
| the public in October 1907. | | | | purchased a masterpiece — the Mona |
| The Plaza was accorded landmark status | | | | Lisa. For the first time in my life, I |
| by New York City's Landmark Commission | | | | have knowingly made a deal that was not |
| in 1969 and is the only New York City | | | | economic — for I can never justify the |
| hotel to be designated as a National | | | | price I paid, no matter how successful |
| Historic Landmark. In the 1950s it was | | | | the Plaza becomes. |
| the setting for Kay Thompson's series of | | | | Trump sold the hotel for $325 million in |
| Eloise books, Eartha Kitt and Peggy Lee | | | | 1995 to a partnership between Prince |
| played the Persian Room, unaccompanied | | | | Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
| ladies were not permitted in the Oak | | | | and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. It |
| Room bar and the Palm Court was favored | | | | was sold again in 2004 for $675 million |
| for luncheons and teas. | | | | to a Manhattan developer, Elad |
| On November 28, 1966, in honor of | | | | Properties. Elad closed The Plaza on |
| publisher Katharine Graham, Truman | | | | April 30, 2005, to undergo extensive |
| Capote hosted his acclaimed "Black & | | | | renovations. It was projected to reopen |
| White Ball" in the Grand Ballroom. | | | | in early 2007. When the renovations are |
| In September 1985, the Plaza Accord was | | | | complete, the Plaza is expected to offer |
| signed at the Plaza. The Accord served | | | | 282 hotel rooms, including 152 condo |
| as an agreement among the finance | | | | hotel units and be managed by Fairmont |
| ministers of the United States, Japan, | | | | Hotels and Resorts. |
| West Germany, France, and Britain to | | | | Movie backdrop |
| bring the price of the U.S. dollar down. | | | | Although the hotel had appeared briefly |
| he Plaza Hotel in New York City is a | | | | in earlier films, it made its major |
| landmark 19-story luxury hotel that | | | | movie debut in the 1959 film North by |
| occupies the west side of Grand Army | | | | Northwest. It was also a setting for |
| Plaza, from which it derives its name, | | | | Barefoot in the Park (1967), Funny Girl |
| and extends along Central Park South in | | | | (1968), Plaza Suite (1971), The Way We |
| Manhattan. Fifth Avenue extends along | | | | Were (1973), Love at First Bite (1979), |
| the east side of Grand Army Plaza. | | | | Arthur (1981), Cotton Club (1984), the |
| Grand Army Plaza | | | | first two Crocodile Dundee movies, Big |
| The hotel's main entrance faces the | | | | Business (1988), King of New York |
| southern portion of Grand Army Plaza— | | | | (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
| commemorating the Union Army in the | | | | (1992), Almost Famous (2000), and Inside |
| Civil War. Grand Army Plaza is in two | | | | the Osmonds (2001), and several episodes |
| sections, bisected by Central Park | | | | of The Sopranos (most notably "The Test |
| South. The section in front of the Plaza | | | | Dream," Season 5, Episode 11) feature |
| Hotel is centered by the Pulitzer | | | | scenes occurring in a suite at the |
| Fountain, of Abundance by Karl Bitter, | | | | Plaza. |
| funded by the will of the newspaper | | | | Then-Plaza owner Donald Trump appears in |
| publisher Joseph Pulitzer: the statue in | | | | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, |
| the fountain is actually Pomona, Roman | | | | directing the main character Kevin to |
| goddess of orchards. The north side of | | | | the lobby. |
| Grand Army Plaza, a cutout from Central | | | | The book Eloise at the Plaza and its |
| Park, has the glorious Augustus | | | | film adaptations are set here as well. |
| Saint-Gaudens part-gilded bronze | | | | The Plaza featured notably in the |
| equestrian statue of General Sherman. | | | | original 1956 Eloise TV movie starring |
| Grand Army Plaza provided the original | | | | Evelyn Rudie as Eloise, the child who |
| main entrance to the carriage drives of | | | | lived "on the top floor", with cameo |
| Central Park. | | | | appearances by Conrad Hilton and Eloise |
| On the south side of the Plaza (between | | | | author Kay Thompson. |
| 58th and 59th Streets) once stood the | | | | The Plaza is also featured throughout |
| French Renaissance château of Cornelius | | | | the popular TV series "Sex and the |
| Vanderbilt II, designed by George Browne | | | | City", as a backdrop for Mr. Big's |
| Post; rising behind its gated front | | | | (Chris Noth) engagement party and a |
| court, it was the grandest of the Fifth | | | | variety of other scenes. |
| Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age. | | | | The adjoining plaza |
| Bergdorf Goodman occupies its site. | | | | The hotel's main entrance faces the |
| The Plaza Hotel | | | | southern portion of Grand Army Plaza— |
| The Plaza is the second hotel of that | | | | commemorating the Army of the Union in |
| name on the site. The French Renaissance | | | | the Civil War. Grand Army Plaza is in |
| château-style building was designed by | | | | two sections, bisected by Central Park |
| Henry Janeway Hardenbergh and opened to | | | | South. The section in front of the Plaza |
| the public October 1, 1907. | | | | Hotel is centered by the Pulitzer |
| The Plaza was accorded landmark status | | | | Fountain, of Abundance by Karl Bitter, |
| by New York City's Landmark Commission | | | | funded by the will of the newspaper |
| in 1969 and is, with the | | | | publisher Joseph Pulitzer: the statue in |
| Waldorf-Astoria, the only New York City | | | | the fountain is actually Pomona, Roman |
| hotel to be designated as a National | | | | goddess of fruits and nuts. The north |
| Historic Landmark. In the 1950s it was | | | | side of Grand Army Plaza, a cutout from |
| the setting for Kay Thompson's series of | | | | Central Park, has the glorious Augustus |
| Eloise books, Eartha Kitt and Peggy Lee | | | | Saint-Gaudens part-gilded bronze |
| played the Persian Room, unaccompanied | | | | equestrian statue of General Sherman. |
| ladies were not permitted in the Oak | | | | Grand Army Plaza provided the original |
| Room bar and the Palm Court was favored | | | | main entrance to the carriage drives of |
| for luncheons and teas. | | | | Central Park. |