Gothamist: The Plaza Department Store

theresa zelnick

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:49:25 -0500

i wonder what if anything they will be doing with th famous Beatle suites of 1964?? i remember standing outside for hours (in february)hoping to get a glimpse of them. couldn't get near the lobby at that time....but since i've walked through several times and it seemed very nostalgic for me.

Gio

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:43:40 -0500

Anybody out there care about the 1000 Plaza Employees that will lose there jobs, and only to receive a petty four days pay, per years worked for severance pay, or hotel management not receiving severance pay at all? How can it be that a Real Estate company called Elad, which is based in Isreal, buy the Worlds most famous hotel, The Plaza and close it only to make it into a 200 room condo and retail?

SAM

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:30:54 -0500

A few weeks ago there were some rumors that groups were going to lobby for landmark status for the Oak Room and the Ballroom so they'd be preserved during renovations. I haven't seen anything about it since- does anyone know if any preservationists are actively pursuing this?

Michael

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:30:31 -0500

In response to the tennis-shoed tourists: my cousins from Indiana stayed at the Plaza and watched Notre Dame football on tv there last Thanksgiving. Need I say more?

S.D.

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:29:23 -0500

... "They've put a giant ugly television in the Oak Room"?? Great. This is a venue where a large Screen TV does not work. What's Next? Super Bowl Party? Maybe Scores could open up there.

KeithS

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:25:46 -0500

They've put a giant ugly television in the Oak Room, and the lobby is perpetually clogged with tennis-shoed tourists. The Plaza hasn't been relevant or appealing since Cary Grant was mistaken for George Kaplan there 56 years ago.

Rose

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:14:12 -0500

I wish the Plaza Hotel would stay a hotel but being pissed about the change works for me.

S.D.

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:10:50 -0500

Oddly enough, I've attended a coulple of events that made use of the Ballroom. IMO, Making it open to the public takes the magic away...

Frank

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:30:00 -0500

And Crocodile Dundee (which fooled the world about the Plaza's plumbing offerings)...