The Milford Plaza

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/6/10 at 6:41pm

OK....I knew they had closed for rennovations...but I went on the website to see for how long and got this message:

"The Milford Plaza Hotel closed on December 12, 2009, and the planned renovation of the hotel has been suspended while the owner assesses its options with respect to the property."

THAT doesn't sound good. Yikes.

(Apologies if this has already been posted.)

[Jenna Maroney]

Posted: 6/6/10 at 6:50pm

Well, when you're only charging $43 per night (including breakfast, dinner and a cocktail!) ...
The LullaBUY of Broadway!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/6/10 at 7:08pm

What a blast from the past. I remember seeing those on tv as a youngun'!

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 12:49am

my friend in NYC said that he heard a number of construction projects were halted recently.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 2:28am

SAD! It was my first introduction to the Big Apple.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 11:37am

I spent the scariest sleepless night in my life in this dump. And I paid more than twice as much for a dirty bug-filled room across from their extremely noisy elevators.

[wexy]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 11:45am

I remember those ads..

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 1:41pm

I haven't stayed there in ages, but when I did, the rooms were small, but not dirty or noisy or anything. This was late 80s to mid 90s.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 2:04pm

In the late 80s I stayed there and it was all right. Yes the room was small, but I wasn't in NYC to hang around in a hotel room. I think I paid $99 per night.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 6:04pm

How about a disney themed hotel with Mickey as the concierge?

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 7:25pm

The Milford Plaza is where I stayed at the first time I went to NYC - August 1988. The room was very small. The room had a double bed, and the door into the room, from the outside hallway, couldn't open all the way - the bed was in the way.

At the time the hotel was a Best Western, and I was working at a Best Western property here in LA, and stayed there for free. On that trip I saw "Starlight Express," "42nd Street," "Speed The Plow," "Broadway Bound" and "Phantom Of The Opera."

Oh, so long ago...........

[CJR]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 11:45am

Now I have the Milford Plaza song stuck in my head... awesome

[beacon1]

Posted: 6/11/10 at 12:04pm

Stayed there in January 2009. Room was clean. Place was safe. And it was close to everything. I also got a tremendous post-holiday deal and stayed for Saturday and Sunday nights for a total of $300.

Too bad. I planned to stay there this fall...

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/11/10 at 12:22pm

I only spent 45 minutes there with a flight attendant once. Didn't really pay attention to the decor.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/11/10 at 1:07pm

"I only spent 45 minutes there with a flight attendant once."

Only 45 minutes? Rather quick aren't you? Or is flight attendant a euphemism for hooker?

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/11/10 at 2:02pm

Although I hold no judgements, I have never paid (nor been paid) for sex.

45 minutes is perfect for an afternoon quickie during work!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/11/10 at 2:04pm

Hell, 15 minutes can be divine with the right person.