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Plaza Hotel is saved

Plaza Hotel is saved

Gothampc
#0Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:38pm

At least some of it.

"Under the deal, some of the hotel's interior spaces, including the ballroom, the Palm Court, Oak Room and the Oak Bar -- which were already under consideration for landmark status -- will be kept intact"

http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_104114751.html


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NYadgal
#1re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:42pm

Beave, I am ON MY WAY!

(ironically, I was going to meet a couple of friends there this evening but the plans were changed...)

*throws confetti in the air*

BEST news I've heard all day!


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Gothampc
#2re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:43pm

Although the last time I was in the Palm Court, there was paint chipping and falling off the ceiling.


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NYadgal
#3re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:45pm

...it adds character! re: Plaza Hotel is saved

Those restaurants and bars are treasures... Hopefully a permanent landmark status will eliminate any further discussion on this!


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PalJoey
#4re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:46pm

I think the best way to celebrate is to chip on a small condo unit in the new Plaza.

Wouldn't it be fun to own a bit of Eloise's past?

And it will obviously appreciate. It's the Plaza! The only question is how much will they ask for even a small unit...?


Gothampc
#5re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:49pm

"The only question is how much will they ask for even a small unit...?"

That close to the park, in a landmark building, on 5th avenue, across from the Paris movie theater...$10 million.


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PalJoey
#6re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:53pm

Just a cute little studio...


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NYadgal
#7re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:58pm

I'm in!


"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#8re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:58pm

We went to the Palm Court for a 'final tea at the Plaza' on our recent trip (before this news was known) and had one of the worst experiences in a restaurant situation in our lives. After an hour sitting in the half-filled Court, I went to have a 'chat' with the manager, who did finally get us what we had ordered - after another half-hour! The ONLY redeeming aspect of the fiasco is that we didn't pay for anything.

We went because it really was the source of very fond memories. I dearly hope that if they ARE going to preserve those aspects of the institution, they re-think their approach and delivery.

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kissmycookie
#9re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:59pm

how are we time sharing this?

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Type_A_Tiff
#10re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:00pm

So does this mean there won't be any closure for renovation, or is that still going to continue? And if so, does anyone know when it'll reopen? I'm hoping to stay there in October.


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NYadgal
#11re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:07pm

and yet, I was there in January and it was every bit as lovely as I had known from previous visits.


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Type_A_Tiff
#12re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:08pm

*cough*

Is it still going to closing for renovation? And will it reopen by the fall?


"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater

"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell

#13re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:10pm

Addy - that's good to hear. It really made all of us very sad. And Beav, that was truly the only thing that we could think of to explain what happened.

Well, hopefully, they WILL preserve it, and we can return to the wonderful experience we've had there in the past re: Plaza Hotel is saved

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NYadgal
#14re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:10pm

Tiff, I'm not sure. I believe the hotel rooms are now what will be renovated and converted. I haven't heard any estimates on how long they expect the project to take. If I do hear anything I'll let you know...


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NYadgal
#15re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:11pm

YES!

I'm in!

(that's twice for this thread...)


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#16re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:13pm

Side note: Beav - quoting Mama Cass is a VERY quick way to my heart re: Plaza Hotel is saved Dream a Little Dream of Me is about as good as it gets for me!

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Type_A_Tiff
#17re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:14pm

Thanks Addy.

Beav, whatchoo heard 'bout me?? re: Plaza Hotel is saved

(PS. I haven't made the booking yet - I checked online yesterday and they stopped taking reservations after April 30 in anticipation for the renovation closure.)


"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater

"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell

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CurtainUp2
#18re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:14pm

Yippee!!! Hundreds of minimum wage jobs have been saved! And the well-off still have a place they can go to berate under-paid, over-worked immigrant workers! God Bless America!


There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

Gothampc
#19re: Plaza Hotel is saved
Posted: 4/14/05 at 6:19pm

"Hundreds of minimum wage jobs have been saved!"

These are not minimum wage jobs. They are union jobs and those people get paid very well.


If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.


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