Plaza Hotel Ultimate NYC Luxury

The Plaza Hotel is the ultimate NYC lifestyle destination.  It balances the past with a new contemporary spirit.

It offers 282 distinctive guestrooms including 102 luxurious suites.  Enjoy high tea with men serving cups with white gloves.

The Plaza seems like a grand palace with tall ceilings.

Look up to see enormous French Chandeliers glowing with radiant light.

Grand staircases are carved with ornate iron designs.

Even a telephone matches the style of elegance and grace.  The table displays inlaid wood with gilded edges.

John F. Kenedy was a frequent visitor along with other famous people.  

"Nothing unimportant ever happens at The Plaza" was once said about America's most celebrated hotels.  It opened its doors on October 1,1907 as reporters claimed it was the greatest hotel in the world located at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South.

Take a carriage ride in Central Park right across the street. 

The busy escalator takes you to shops below level.

Beautiful Persian Carpets are for sale with antique clocks.  

Each piece has a story to tell. 

Unique bottles could make a unique gift.

Find crystal glass for your dining room table.

Eloise could be running the halls.

Saying, "A new guest has arrived,"

Carpets show an artistic flair of design and colors.

The Plaza originally served as a residence for wealthy New Yorkers.  Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt were the first to sign the register.  The price started at $2.50 a night.  

French oil paintings adorn the walls of the hotel.

The Plaza was a dream of financier Bernhard Beinecke, hotelier Fred Sterry, and Harry S. Black, President of the Fuller Construction Company.  The three men set out to build one of the most elegant hotels in the world.  It took two years and cost $12 million dollars.  No cost was spared.