Plaza Hotel, Luxury hotel at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, United States.
The Plaza Hotel stands 18 floors tall at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, clad in white brick with a French Renaissance facade, marble base, and mansard roof. The building occupies an entire block front, forming the western edge of Grand Army Plaza and facing the park entrance directly across the street.
This building opened on October 1, 1907, replacing an earlier structure of the same name after two years of construction under architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. It quickly became a meeting place for New York society and has changed ownership several times while retaining its original exterior appearance.
The hotel's name comes from Grand Army Plaza, the square it faces, where the Pulitzer Fountain stands. Its ground-floor restaurants and bars, among them the Oak Bar, are open to the public, and the ballrooms have hosted benefits, weddings and press conferences. Columbia Records held a 1958 party here with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
The property offers 282 rooms, including 102 suites, along with a fitness center, boutique shops, and the Guerlain Spa spread across multiple floors. The main entrance is on Fifth Avenue, while the lobby extends through several levels with seating areas and retail spaces open to hotel guests and walk-in visitors.
The 1985 Plaza Accord, in which the US, Japan, West Germany, France and Britain agreed to push down the dollar against the yen and the Deutsche Mark, was concluded at the hotel. Columbia Records held a 1958 party here with sets by Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Miles Davis, issued in 1973 as Jazz at the Plaza.
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