New York City hotels
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This article describes New York City hotels. Hotels are an important part of the tourism industry of New York, New York.
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[edit] Overview
Famous hotels in New York City include the Plaza Hotel and the Waldorf-Astoria.
The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South in Manhattan. On the south side of the Plaza (between 57th and 58th Streets) once stood the French Renaissance château of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, designed by George Browne Post; rising behind its gated front court, it was the grandest of the Fifth Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age.
The Plaza is the second hotel of that name on the site. The French Renaissance château-style building was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh and opened to the public in October 1907.
The Plaza was accorded landmark status by New York City's Landmark Commission in 1969 and is the only New York City hotel to be designated as a National Historic Landmark. In the 1950s it was the setting for Kay Thompson's series of Eloise books, Eartha Kitt and Peggy Lee played the Persian Room, unaccompanied ladies were not permitted in the Oak Room bar and the Palm Court was favored for luncheons and teas.
On November 28, 1966, in honor of publisher Katharine Graham, Truman Capote hosted his acclaimed "Black & White Ball" in the Grand Ballroom.
In September 1985, the Plaza Accord was signed at the Plaza. The Accord served as an agreement among the finance ministers of the United States, Japan, West Germany, France, and Britain to bring the price of the U.S. dollar down.
[edit] Hotels
- Algonquin Hotel
- Avalon Hotel
- Bryant Park Hotel
- China town
- Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
- Fitzpatrick Grand Central
- Fitzpatrick Manhattan
- Four Seasons Hotel New York
- Grand Hyatt New York
- Hotel Edison
- Hotel Elysee
- Hotel Giraffe
- Hotel Pennsylvania
- Library Hotel
- The Marmara Manhattan
- New York Crowne Plaza
- New York Hilton Hotel
- New Yorker Hotel
- Plaza Hotel
- Sheraton New York
- St. Regis Hotel
- W Hotels
- Thirty-Thirty Hotel
- Trump International Hotel & Tower
- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
- Westin Times Square
- Vincci Avalon
[edit] Defunct hotels
- Abbey Victoria Hotel
- Grand Central Hotel
- New York Biltmore Hotel
- Stanhope Hotel
