page_title: Plaza Hotel
section_title: Notable uses
hierarchical_section_title: Plaza Hotel / Use / Notable uses
caption_attribution_description: English: 1941 letter from Mina Edison, Thomas Edison's wife, on Plaza Hotel stationery
context_page_description: The Plaza Hotel is a 20-story luxury hotel and condominium apartment building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It opened in 1907 and is now owned by Katara Hospitality.
  The hotel is located on the western side of Grand Army Plaza at the intersection with Central Park South, on the southeastern corner of Central Park and just west of Fifth Avenue. Construction on the first Plaza Hotel at this location began in 1883. After the original builders foreclosed, McKim, Mead & White completed the hotel and it opened in 1890. The current 19-story, French Renaissance-inspired château-style building was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. Built in 27 months, it opened in 1907. The green terracotta-tile roof was manufactured by Ludowici and can be seen from many vantage points around the city.
  The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1969 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Plaza Hotel was also made a National Historic Landmark in 1986. Its interior was made a New York City designated landmark in 2005.
context_section_description: Long the site for notable performers and guests, it has also been the meeting place for important political meetings. Internationally known singers Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Lena Horne, Kay Thompson, Sandler and Young, Ethel Merman, Shirley Bassey, Andy Williams, The Mills Brothers, Patti Page, and Peggy Lee played the Persian Room. Miles Davis recorded a live album in the Persian Room in 1958.
  The Beatles stayed at the Plaza Hotel during their first visit to the United States in February 1964. Visitors were allowed to take pictures with the Beatles and Dr. Joyce Brothers in the Terrace Room. Four years later, the same room was the site of a press conference where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton talked about their film Dr. Faustus.
  On November 28, 1966, in honor of publisher Katharine Graham,  writer Truman Capote hosted his acclaimed "Black and White Ball" in the Grand Ballroom. The ballroom was also the site, in 1993, of Donald Trump's wedding to Marla Maples in front of 1,500 guests.
  In September 1985, ministers of developed countries met at the Plaza Hotel to consult on finance issues and affirmed their agreement by signing the Plaza Accord. It served as an agreement among the finance ministers of the United States, Japan, West Germany, France, and Britain to bring down the price of the U.S. dollar against their currencies.
  In 2016, the Plaza Hotel launched "The Plaza Hotel Finishing Program" teaching modern manners and etiquette to all ages, as taught by Myka Meier of Beaumont Etiquette, who has been named "America's Queen of Good Manners", by The Times in 2018. In the summer of 2018, the Plaza launched a national tour of the course.
caption: 1941 letter from Mina Edison, Thomas Edison's wife, on Plaza Hotel stationery
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES", "Image Make": "SAMSUNG", "Image Model": "ST150F/ST151F/ST152F", "Image Software": "FW Ver 1310151", "Image DateTime": "2018:10:12 11:06:47", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "Copyright 2012", "Image ExifOffset": "216", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/45", "EXIF FNumber": "3", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "240", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2018:10:12 11:06:47", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2018:10:12 11:06:47", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "5", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "531/100", "EXIF ApertureValue": "79/25", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "79/25", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "13/2", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4608", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3456", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "36", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal"}