The Plaza opened in 1907 and operated as a hotel until 2005, after being sold for $675 million. Now after a three-year, $400 million makeover, the 18-story landmark has re-opened as an upscale condominium with retail space and a smaller hotel.
Brian Wise, WNYC
Ariel Blumenthal, a Los Angeles-based composer who has created a big band-meets-electronica soundtrack now heard in the Plaza’s lobby and bar areas.
Ariel Blumenthal rehearses with his musicians
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Since the Plaza’s renovation, this is the first time that visitors can have a drink in the check-in area. Blumenthal says that his mandate was to make it “the coolest, hippest bar in town.”
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The recently remodeled entrance of the Plaza Hotel, with its glistening chandeliers and ornate moldings.
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Guests can relax with a drink in the Plaza’s palm tree-adorned lobby
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Another view of the Plaza Hotel's lobby.
The Oak Bar at the Plaza, famous for its 20-foot ceilings, sable-dyed English oak paneling and frescoes, though not so much for the food. You probably won’t find any cheap bottles of Bud here.
The Plaza sits on the corner of W. 58th Street and Central Park South. If it was a mid-block property on a side street, it may have never attracted so much attention.
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