Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Roger246
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#2re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/4/09 at 4:02amThe Paramount.
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#2re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/4/09 at 4:17am
What taz said.
That's kind of a weird question, though... just saying.
#3re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/4/09 at 6:51amIt really depends, The Milford Plaza is an ok Hotel. My parents have stayed there when they visit New York. It's a great location for Times Square. A friend of mine stayed at the Paramount and his room was the size of a closet with no room to move about. But it is a posher hotel than the Milford.
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#4re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/4/09 at 7:49pmThe Milford is undergoing renovations right now, if I'm not mistaken.
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#5re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/4/09 at 8:09pmDid the Milford Plaza used to be "The Macklow Hotel"?
Mr Roxy
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#6re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/4/09 at 9:06pmIt used to be the "Lullabuy of Broadway"
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#7re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/5/09 at 6:55am
>Did the Milford Plaza used to be "The Macklow Hotel"?<
No, the Macklowe is now the Millenium. Years ago, the Milford Plaza was the Hotel Manhattan. But it's been the Milford Plaza for decades now.
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#8re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/5/09 at 6:59am
It seems everytime I visit NY the Milford is undergoing renovations.
And the rooms at the Paramount really are tiny. But it's a much cooler hotel IMO.
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#9re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/5/09 at 7:41am
I always stay at The Paramount and have a wonderful time 
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tommyboy
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#10re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/5/09 at 9:10am
The big block shaped "M" on top of the hotel goes back to when it was the Manhattan. When the hotel was sold, the buyers had to come with a new name that started with "M" or tear it down -- hence, the Milford.
P.S. I find it interesting that while the main and busiest entrance to the hotel is on 8th Ave., the legal address of the hotel is a barely used side door (on the lesser skuzzier) 45th St.
#11re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/5/09 at 12:06pm
I've stayed at both. Both hotels have small rooms.
Furnishings are a bit nicer at the Paramount and the lobby is alot nicer, but my biggest complaint is the height of the bed which is basically like a matress on the floor. The best part is that it is attached to Dean and Deluca which is a perfect place for breakfast.
The Milford Hotel is safe and a great location. The staff is nice and helpful. Depending on the room, they are often bigger than the Paramount rooms. If you are staying with a bunch of people, I would stay at the Milford because I saw four people crammed in a Paramount room, and it didn't look fun!
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#12re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/6/09 at 4:54am
[i]It seems everytime I visit NY the Milford is undergoing renovations.[/i]
HA! That is so true! Every time I have stayed at the Milford, it has been undergoing reservations...since 1988!!
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tommyboy
Broadway Star Joined: 12/21/06
#13re: Paramount Hotel or The Milford Plaza?
Posted: 4/6/09 at 8:26amThe lobby restrooms at the Milford (on the mezzanine level) are a convenient place if you need to go while in the theater district. They are always clean and roomy.
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