Hidden Details of The Plaza Hotel, From Lobby to Penthouse | Architectural Digest
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- Take a tour of New York City's most famous and luxurious hotel The Plaza led by architectural historian and author Francis Morrone and journalist and author Julie Satow. The Plaza has almost become synonymous with New York City, made famous by beloved children's book character Eloise, famous weddings like Donald Trump's and Macaulay Culkin in 'Home Alone 2.' Learn the secrets behind its grandeur, from its ornate lobbies and ballrooms to its lavish penthouse hotel rooms.
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What a gorgeous building! My in-laws honeymooned there for two weeks in 1941, right before he shipped off to WWII. He bid her farewell at the hotel, and asked that she not accompany him to the train station. Fortunately, he returned home safely. They spent 40+ years together!
Pitti Sing. Very beautiful. My Daddy served in W W -- 2 in The Marine Corps. I served in Vietnam ( 65 to 66 ) Also in The Marine Corps. Your comment makes me very happy and it also makes me smile. Have a Good Morning and God Bless.
gayboyzig Nice! That's sweet and funny. Sadly, they both passed away. Their memories and experiences live on through my husband and myself. We are in our sixties and have been married almost thirty years.
David Frehlini Thank you so much. Blessings to you.
Jeff somersby. That room must be very special to you. In what year was he born?
How romantic !
I feel like these people are so underdressed. If I stayed at the Plaza, you best believe im clutching my pearls the whole time..
Honestly tho. Would always dress up as the great gatsby if i stayed there 😅✌🏼
My same impression. I guess when you can afford to stay there you can also afford to be a slob. Or, we just live in a time when people don't know anymore how to act with style.
Sincerely Eccentric i mean......
It is literally right next to the park.
If people are staying there, as guests, it’s Bc they’re visiting and doing s bunch of stuff including going for walks and jogs in the park.
If they live there in the 63 million dollar apartments, they’re gonna be casual sometimes.
I understand what you’re saying. Whenever I’m in the general vicinity of the plaza, I’m usually more dressed up. But that’s because if I’m there it’s because I’m going to some event or a dinner or even just a movie at the Paris and I specifically like to always dress up.
95% of people dress like crap today, sad.
Not to sound silly but the hotel costs as little as 500 a night and it's not even the fanciest hotel. You would look out of place dressed up. This isn't Orange County its NYC. Go for a run in the park then eat dinner at the restaurant.
It's a shame that they've only done 3 of these videos, it's a very cool concept. I'd love to see more of such detailed visits of iconic buildings.
That would be awesome
Good take.
i wish architectural digest does more of these architectural video's but sadly they don't do it any more and i don't know why if any one from Architectural Digest is looking at this comment please do a continuation of this really good series.
I was curious as to why Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt wanted to stay at the Plaza, so I looked it up. His parents lived right across from the Plaza in the largest house ever built in New York. Even though his parents' home had 154 rooms, Alfred liked the idea that he could see his parents whenever he wanted, but he could also get away from them when he'd had enough of them.
Isn't that the dream!
Lol same
My husband and I have a similar arrangement: love each other dearly but we're both fiercely independent and enjoy our alone time. We also keep wildly different schedules. I've got the big "together" apartment and he has a separate place nearby where his studio is. A twist is ours being an open marriage so it also keeps things from being awkward for our respective partners though everyone's on the same page about our situation.
We’ve all been there
Time old American values right there
KEVIN! YOU SPENT $967 ON ROOM SERVICE??
Mara Cayaban 😨
LOL!!!!
I was hoping someone would bring up Home Alone 2! Lol. Your limo and PIZZAH are right out front!
Lmao
"I got mozzarella sticks"
I love how RUclips believes in me and thought I needed to see this as well as the Prada advert that played just before.
The year that "Home Alone II" was released, I took my little boy for a weekend stay at the Plaza. He still remembers it, decades later.
The shops render the classic vibe of the Plaza into a "Mall" type atmosphere. they cheapen the whole "Plaza Experience".
buffedtrainer1 : It’s quite separate from the rest of hotel. Most good hotels have a gift shop, they just have a few more.
Absolutely.
I think it reminds me of Cesars Palace in Las Vegas. I love to look in the shops there. Sometimes I even stop gambling (losing) and buy something to bring home. Once I came home with 2 purses and an empty wallet.
@@notbill08 giftshops in great hotels are cool as long as they stay as classy as the hotel itself. These don't look like they have any class at all I'm afraid :(
@@twomfilmsllc1654 it looks like an old mall from the 90s from what I have seen at least.
Besides the great building, I really enjoyed that the video was shot in one take. I can only imagine the work and planning which must have went into creating this!
must have gone into creating this ...
How do you know it was done in one take?
Every time he gets on the elevator it's edited.
That was annoying too much whirling and winding... also so much empty space in these shot why????
It’s made to look like a single take, but it’s only edited that way.
I stayed there for 2 nights in 1997. yes we felt compelled to dress at least nice casual. The staff could not have been more accommodating. Anything we wanted, they provided. Including a chauffeured limousine to take us to a Broadway show.
Glorious! Such memories!
In the summer of 1996 we walked into the Plaza lobby off Central Park pushing our just one year old daughter in a stroller. Such an overwhelming sense of history. She freaked out passersby because she hadn't any hair yet, but she was able to talk to people as we went by.
In May of 1999 we toured Versailles with our now ~4yr old and 14 month children and saw the some of the architectural inspirations for the Plaza
I believe some of the opening scenes from North by Northwest with Cary Grant take place in the Plaza Hotel and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade passes right by the Plaza entrance.
Iconic indeed!
Thanks for the history of the Plaza Hotel.
These are the. type of videos I expect from Architectural Digest. Not celebrity home tours
I wanted this video since the tour of Tommy Hilfiger's Plaza apartment. Absolutely loved this content.
Tommy has done a tour of his apartment, I have seen it
I watched that, it was really good, I guess I forgot it's at the plaza
I absolutely love the feel of this hotel. I love the mixing of old ornate architectural bits with clean modern furnishings and art. Absolutely gorgeous. I love mixing of old and new.
The Plaza has always had those shops there. Most Grand hotels have exclusive shops because their clients like to buy things
My Mom took me to tea at the Palm Court many times. Incredible space. I seem to remember, however, that the Oak Room was open to Ladies for lunch well before Betty Friedan because I remember being in there once as a teen well before 1969. We also had lunch one time in the Persian Room. One of the things the Plaza did every year was to place a huge, beautifully crafted, chocolate Easter Egg in the lobby.
This is why I love my NYC. History everywhere. Every weekend I would go see different landmarks. Miss it terribly
I used to do the same.
Ken David .. Why, where are you located currently ?
@@QueenlySweetpea I'm in Florida
@@kendavid891 .. Ohh neat! There are most likely all kinds of great landmarks there also just a different variety. I've never been to Florida, but I have been 50 miles off the coast of Florida in Paradise Island in the Bahamas ..
I lived 11/2 hours from the city upstate outside Poughkeepsie. I miss it so much! Now I'm in NM. You can take the girl out of NY but you can't take NY our of the girl!
Love the Plaza. The shops are kind of tacky, though. I would expect Cartier or Christian Dior, not a 50% discount store.
norton2 gotta cross thevstreet to get good stuff
the shops seem dead so I'm guessing that's all the hotel could get
You didn't see cartier crossing the street?
@@brunoto.7298 I wasn't referring to those stores in particular. My point is that the 50% discount stores don't fit in with the hotel's history and prestige.
YES
"What kind of idiots do you have working here?"
"The finest in New York!"
You guys need to do the Waldorf Astoria in nyc next
My 1st stay at the Plaza was in 1974. We had a beautiful and very large 1 br suite facing Grand Army Plaza. In the 1980s when I lived in NYC we used to go to the Plaza after the opera for hot chocolate and cake in the Palm Court. I also loved going to the Oyster Bar on the 58th St side for lunch. It was looking pretty sad by the late 1980s but looks wonderful now.
Jim Elliott Maybe b/c Trump bought it in late 80's. Then he went bankrupt and had to sell at loss of 80-something million. Artful dealing.
@@micah4242 yup and now sheldon aidelson owns him.....the media pretends its the russians...what a circus. i doubt he can play chess, let alone 5d chess...btw im not a dem..
@@justingriffin2546 I believe he's sold shares of himself to multiple buyers.Putin is definitely one--he's not gratuitously nice to people for no reason.
@@micah4242 im open to that information...do you have a source?
Justin Griffin good
I'd love a video like this for the Chateau Marmont
I'm adding this place to my bucket list right now!
I lived in town in Wisconsin close to where Hildegard grew up. Years back, my mother and aunts used to talk about her all the time having been from the area. Even though that was decades ago I'm sure people that are old enough and still living still talk about her and her success.
Makes modernism look so lifeless and boring - variations of squares is mostly what we get today. No roofs, no details, no grand entrances, beautiful stairs ...
nougatbitz I think it is because architects are afraid to use a pencil. They are chained to the computer which diminishes their skills. Then they struggle to create even a half decent building. Architecture is dying.
@@777jones I totally disagree computers a programs give more opportunities to make deigns. Architecture isn't dying it's starting to modern
777jones Not many people able to do this kind of craftmanship anymore. And if they do, cost wd be.prohibitive.
One more way US benefitted from "open borders" of yesteryear.
@@micah4242 yeah because thats what we get with the open borders of today.. skilled craftsmans and engineers..
@@truetillspanky No, we get people willing to work under conditions no citizen would tolerate. My sister works with migrant farm workers in CA, and they do backbreaking labor, live in makeshift conditions (as many per shack as they can pack in) and have no benefits. All so we can have cheap produce. Between what I've seen there , and the cages, I hope they do stop coming--and let us pay $3/apple.
Please do more videos like this! I think they are well done and there would be a huge demand for them.
Imagine dressing up in 1940's fashion and going to the palm court for drinks! 😍
Even in the 80's if you walked into the Plaza without a coat and tie, you were stopped at the door and politely sent downstairs to Trader Vic's bar...in the basement...but it was nice.
@@normanduke8855 That was true even into the early 1990's.
ashely- its called "Period Clothes", and yes that would be fun, and so would sailing on the TITANIC, just before it hit the iceberg....straight ahead.😁😂🤣
I have had the pleasure of staying at the Plaza twice. Loved everything about it. The rooms were exquisitely decorated. The entire hotel is beautiful.
I stayed there as a kid in the early 80s. What an adventure running around the place!
That was one of the most enjoyable things to watch. Informative without going into too much detail covered a whole range of topics and interests. More of these please.
Thank you, AD, for making this excellent video. Thank you for sharing the architectural history and development of the hotel, and its cultural impacts for NYC! Well done!
Damm won’t even let architectural digest in the members only lobby lol he was rly recording and giving commentary thru the glass love it
I'm cringing at the way people are dressed in the lobby
I agree. Look at the adult slob wearing an orange baseball cap indoors at 1:42
LOLLL!
if those people can shell out +$600 a night, let them dress however they want.
Glamour days are long gone.no pride in themselves. Our family still has values,and we dress at least business casual.but to each his own.the owner of burger king Mr Royal and family visited my store,and they dress to impress.
@@kendavid891 a fool and his money are quickly departed. Judging people on their clothes is shallow.
I was once walking around the hotel floors at the Plaza and saw a wall swing open to reveal lounge. I'd love to know the story behind that.
Wow!
Didn't realize this channel was so big but I stumbled across it late in architectural channels out there. I know this may not be representative of all clips but beautiful, seamless camerawork here, along with informative side panels! Just love the narration and seamless transitions in everything! I've never visited NYC but this really does capture the charm and beauty of the Plaza Hotel well I feel. Subbed!
I have very fond memories of attending the Russian Nobility Balls at the Plaza Hotel during the 1990's. The hotel was beautifully decorated and the food and service was great.
Absolutely loving these videos. All of them are very well written and are very relaxing to listen to!
You know you're in America when the guests at one of the best hotels all look like they are going to a football game- logo tee shirts, cargo shorts, trainers. Some people have no sense of style.
Lol true ironically America is the fashion capital of the world.
Yes - let me dress myself in a suit in mid-August 80 degree weather.
True. I saw this even on Christmas eve in some of the classiest hotel in Vegas. Pissed me off!
OMG, first thing I thought too! Do these people have no sense of pride!
WMA literally 2/10 people dress like that so calm down you act like you’ve never seen a person before
I was lucky enough to stay at that two story suite. I got drunk during super bowl and apparently booked a trip for the whole family. We had an amazing time. It’s definitely one of the most grand hotels I have stayed at. I loved the balcony in that two story suite and the office area. The food is also amazing there. The service is top notch. Too bad it’s closed right now. So sad.
I love the architecture and the story behind grand places like this.
Please never stop making these videos!
Thanks for making these videos!
They truly reflect what’s AD is truly about.
Keep them coming
I went to the Plaza back in the 90’s for tea. We had a great time and walked out to see a wedding party. There were lots of limos plus the bride and groom came to the reception by horse and carriage from Central Park.
What a difference in the old photos and the style of dress , compared to how folks look in the lobby now!
I absolutely love this series, it’s a wonderful view into the rich history of New York and really shows off the city in the best light
This series is so phenomenal. Thank you @Architecturaldigest for this content! Please continue feeding our brains and inspiring our curiosity. Cheers!
Gorgeous and was hoping you'd show that painting of Eloise which I saw there in the late 1960s when I was a fashion illustrator in NYC. I used to hang out there a bit and had to meet a business associate there at one point for a freelance job! I love the Palm Court, fabulous ceiling! I remember Capote's Black and White Ball, that was a big event written up in Women's Wear Daily and other publications! I agree with what someone else said here, the Plaza is no place for scuffy jeans, dirty sneakers, backwards baseball hats and hard hats! Show some class! Dress elegantly when in an elegant place! Love Bergdorf Goodman's next door with it's beautiful view of gorgeous Central Park, thanks for sharing, much appreciated! Keep these coming, loved your great video on the public library as well, another place I used to go to when I lived in NYC many moons ago! Left my heart in beautiful Paris, Rome and NYC and also Boston , love beautiful cities and the first thing I do when I go to any city is study the architectural details!!! One of the first books I got my 3 daughters was the book "Eloise" and I call my cat "Weenie" sometimes like Eloise called her dog or was it her turtle? Love that classic children's book!
I just want to say thank you so much for making this video! I learned so much. I have been looking for years for a good RUclips video of the Plaza Hotel and never could find one. But finally I have found this one and this one went beyond my expectations. Thank You!
I stayed there in 1999 July with my husband right before we move to Houston. 4 nights, 5 days. First we went to restaurant for brkfst and they said that we need to change our shorts if we want to eat there🙄so we did and actually liked that little rule which makes u understand that at Plaza, still somethings comes from nostalgic times and we respected. It was a wonderful time. 2 years ago I had a wonderful champagne and caviar treat for St Valentine's and again, it was very nice. Now ourdays, everything is so fast consuming and confused with rhe values etc, every once in a while, to experience this novelty is priceless.
Private clubs still maintain these dress codes. I once invited a guest for breakfast at the Union League and they made us leave because she had on trainers, same at the In & Out in London-- and that's only for breakfast! Imagine if we went in for dinner.
Lived there from '66-73. A interesting place. Still is a place to visit when in NYC. Thank you
RUclips COMMENTATOR- Mr. Hahn so you’re rich RICH
Fascinating content. More of this please. Thank you to everyone involved in making this!
Now, this Hotel is iconic and amazing! Vintage Beauty! 💕🎬💕
What a beautiful historical landmark of New York.
Alice Wong Howdy do. This is Peter McCallister, the father. I’d like a hotel room please, with an extra large bed, a TV, and one of those little refrigerators you have to open with a key. Credit card? You got it.
Harrison Edgar lol
Kevin!
As a Jaguar XJS specialist and growing up in NY and spending a lot of time in the hotel, I remember several years ago reading that the last guest was an XJS owner and the building had been sold and was being converted to condos. I dined there many times, used the business center and would use the phones around the back near the 57th St. entrance to make business calls making appointments back in the late seventies. Back when the phone booths in Manhattan where the best with a fan that would come on when you closed the door.
Good times then,I was young though
yah. You could also sneak in and use the bathroom in the basement. Where do go to the bathroom in Midtown has long been an issue.
Oh My this was a really treat to visit on Christmas 2019!!
Thank You for a amazing video of this fabulous building, if those walls could talk, I'm confident they would thrill us with many a sorted stories 😋
THIS is amazing!!! Best thing I ever watched!!!
The Edwardian room! Now we're talking! It just has soul!
The woman narrator sounds like Lindsay Lohan
mixed with Siri
Dude I literally came to the comments to see if anyone else would say this
Caligula Longhbottom wow 😯 your so right
Who is Lindsey Lohan?
Hahaha exactly, I was actually searching to see if it was her, but I couldn’t find anything hahaha
Thank you for documenting such a wonderful piece of NYC history. EXCELLENT!
💞💖💞💖💞💖💞💖💞
I thought Eloise at The Plaza was based on the childhood of Liza Minnelli. I read years ago that Judy Garland had a permanent suite at the Plaza & that little Liza spent a lot of time alone there with her handler, waiting for her mother to return. I would like to hear Liza’s account on this. On my bucket list to visit the Plaza one day but since I live in Australia, this may never happen.
Thanks for this lucid architectural tour! The narrators contrast in timbre, while complimenting each other in content. If the world's habitable zone were compressed to this hotel, at least residents would enjoy up to eight accessible spaces of sparklingly unique character. Detail noting historic, clever conceipts and adapted features much appreciated.
I wish we could’ve seen the Eloise Suite.
Samantha Passlow www.theplazany.com/eloise/
OH YES!!!!!!
I absolutely adore this video thank you so much! It was beautifully presented in great detail X
I’ve been there hundreds of times but never stayed as a guest. I’m a professional pastry chef, I just deliver (and set up) wedding cakes then leave. 🥺
Just Deliver and Set Up??? Nothing just or ordinary about that for without you there would be no grand events!!
@@lawriefoster5587
Oh thank you, you’re just a sweetie-pie! I hope you enjoy a Happy, Healthy & Loving New Year. ☺️
@Jane Doe
Thank you and many blessings be upon you in this New Year..
How did those "stuck up", rich snubs, treat u?, any extremely large tips? make a lot of money yearly, working for the 1%'ers?🙄😶😑🤔🤨😣😫😒😤😬😬😖😲😨😱🥶😳😡🤬🥺🥺😈👿🤢🤮💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
I love the history of The Plaza. The architecture and the detail of it is actually quite beautiful. While some do not like the way people in the lobby are dressed the hotel does not have a dress code.
I really appreciate these fantastic videos of these beautiful buildings! I hope there will be lots more in the future!
Outstanding. Thank you very much for this present.
Thanks so much Tom. Always enjoy your videos of history. You have a WEALTH of knowledge to say the least. Keep um coming.....take care
Excellent! Very well done. Beautiful old work of art whose importance was added to by the many who lived or stayed there.
Absolutely stunning architecture!!
this was really interesting thanks for doing your homework and presenting it in such a nostalgic but factual way
Thank you very much for this and all of your great videos.
I'm learning so much about important buildings in American history!😊
i love this video so much!! such beautiful insight into such an iconic hotel
nice hotel but all the guests look like the belong at motel 6.
if those people can pay out +$600 a night, let them dress however they want.
@Space Goblin I'm with you on that. If there's anything i've learned from watching people like Bill Gates and Oprah, they dress for comfort not for show. I don't know why people insist they look the part all day everyday. They're normal people who just happen to be rich. I'd dress normal to and only worry about letting my money go towards something that'll make me more money. lol
Rich people dress fitted not necessarily fancy.
Jeff Moore. I will fully agree with you on that one. Besides they are not hurting anyone or anything.
Yes, never judge a millionaire by the rags he wears.
Wow! What a beautiful jazz playing in background ❤
Thanks for the virtual tour
LOVED this!! Please can we have more similar videos please AD?
Wow fantastic video watched every second
We loved the Plaza last year at Christmas. Excellent all around. The rooms are a little bit basic but the location is wonderful. Can be expensive for food and drinks....I'd go back for the history.
I love this series. I hope you put more "every detail" videos.
Thanks so much for the video. I grew up in NY and passed by and through this hotel daily back in the 70's and 80's (a tough time for the hotel) but I never had much time to look around and never had occasion to stay there. The history is fascinating.
"The Plaza suite" movie,starring Walter Matthau,is what ill always assosciate with this Hotel!
Wow! What a great treat to see The Plaza inside and out, complete with a guided tour! As we are on "Lockdown" in Jersey with the CVirus, I felt like I had a mini-trip to "The Big Apple" without violating travel restrictiona! The Visit made my day. Again, many thanks! Best wishes to all out there! Be safe! ❤❤❤
Truly great content, please create more of these!
I love this! It’s so interesting to discover the history on this gorgeous and famous hotel!🌺
Their voices make the hotel sound better than I thought it was.
Pearl Blue
Their voices? Ok
@@jamesjfisk4968 Like how they described the architecture.
Superb video! WOW! Thank you!!
Beautiful decor architecture. Love the narrators voices. Super soothing for me.
This was an informative video. I enjoyed it!
I always intended to visit NY with my son Adam but sadly was prevented but when I did visit with my daughter we went on the tour bus around them all.
We loved NY and enjoyed tremendously our visit and I pray the time comes when I can return to show both my sons a land of the free.
GREAT video..thank you. Merry Christmas...
this video was so so insightful and gave interesting facts that I didn't know I needed but made the video much more delightful to watch!
Fabulous building. Another great video, congratulations!
Besides The Great Gatsby, Home Alone and Eloise, the hotel is also featured in another work of fiction the Hitchcock classic North by Northwest. Great post. Do The Racquet and Tennis club, the private club on Fifth Avenue designed by Stanford White. The interiors are amazing.
Thank you, beautiful video excellent interior architecture
This is a must see video and a true delight it's the next best thing to being there and thank you so much for making it
I wish there were more "Every Detail" episodes, it's very interesting to watch, please bring it back!
I love this video stuff like this is what I subscribed for
Great video!
Thanks.
Watching this during quarantine is the best armchair travel EVER. I have bad anxiety and my panic attacks are back. Watching these videos make me feel better. Traveling somewhere that I may never get to go.