Kukho nesizathu sokuba i-Plaza eqinisekisiweyo yiyo kuphela ihotele kwisiXeko saseNew York eya kuthiwa yi-National Historical Landmark. Ukungena ngaphakathi Imbali eneminyaka eli-110 ubudala Isakhiwo sebali elinemigangatho eli-19 sokwakhiwa kwebali leFifth Avenue liza namabali ahlekisayo, ubuncwane obufihliweyo, kunye noluhlu lokundwendwela olungena kwezentlalo, abadlali, iimvumi, abezopolitiko, iimbaleki, kunye neeleta ezifana neBeatles, Marilyn Monroe, kunye noF. UFitzgerald. Ukuba iindonga zinokuthetha, nazi iimfihlo ezili-12 abazichithekileyo.

Ubusuku ehotele buye baxabisa ngaphantsi kohambo lukaloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba.

Ekuqaleni indawo yokuhlala usomashishini osisityebi u-Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, ihotele i-Plaza yarenta amagumbi nge-2.50 yeedola ngobusuku xa yayiqala ukuvula iingcango zayo ngo-1907. Ukubeka izinto ngendlela, namhlanje, amagumbi anokuqhuba iindwendwe naphina ukusuka malunga $ 800 ukuya kwi-30,000 yeedola.

Ikhaya Lodwa 2 Utshintshe indawo yokulinda ngonaphakade.

Iifilimu ezininzi ziye zafotwa kwihotele yaseNew York City ( Phantse Udumile , Uzamo lasemelika , Ukulala eSeattle ), kodwa mhlawumbi eyona ishiye olona phawu luhlala ixesha elide nguChris Columbus noJohn Hughes & apos; Ngo-1992 Ikhaya Alone 2: Lost eNew York . Ukuze udubule indawo apho uMacaulay Culkin kunye nomlingisi we-apos; isilayidi esiteji esiya kumgangatho, i-Trump (ihotele kunye nomnini we-apos ngelo xesha) yavumela abasebenzi ukuba basuse ikhaphethi eludongeni. Emva kokuyityhila, bafumanisa ukuba i-mosaic floor iyamangalisa, kangangokuba ikhaphethi yaqala kakuhle.

Inkcubeko yePop ibumbe izinto zehotele ngeendlela ezininzi.

Phakathi kwabalinganiswa abayintsomi abaphefumlele uyilo lwePlaza kunye ne-apos; ngu-Eloise, umhlali wehotele owayephuphe ngumbhali uKay Thompson kwi uthotho lweencwadi zabantwana bakhe . Kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuba incwadi ipapashiwe, ihotele yaze yaxhoma umfanekiso ka-Eloise, opeyintwe yincwadi kunye nomfanekiso weapos uHilary Knight, ejongene nePalm Court. Ukuba uhamba namhlanje, uya kukhubeka malunga nalo msebenzi wobugcisa, kodwa ayisiyiyo eyokuqala. I-Eloise portrait entsha yatyhilwa ngo-1964 emva kokuba umzobo wokuqala wanyamalala ngokumangalisayo ngexesha lomdaniso kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo. Ngo-1956, iPlaza yadala igaraji enee-tricycle ezibomvu ezibomvu nomhlophe ezimhlophe, ezinikezela iindwendwe ehotele iibhayisikile zasimahla kunye neetrayikhi. Namhlanje, ilifa lika-Eloise & apos lihlala ehotele-ngohlobo lwemenyu ye-Eloise yabantwana, i-Eloise suite eyilwe ngumyili wefashoni uBetsey Johnson, kunye nevenkile yezipho i-Eloise.

Iindwendwe ezinethamsanqa zinendlela yazo yokuphuma.

IRoyal Plaza Suite, enegumbi lokulala ezintathu kunye neendawo zokuhlambela, ilayibrari egcinwe ngononophelo, ipiyano enkulu, igumbi lokutyela, ikhitshi, kunye nemibono yokuwisa imihlathi, iza nomnyango ofihlakeleyo okhokelela ngaphandle kwigumbi lokuhlambela. Ixabiso lokubuza? $ 30,000 ngobusuku.

Yayiyindawo yokukhwela i-skating.

Ngaphambi kokuba iPlaza ibe yiPlaza, yayiyiFifth Avenue Pond. Idama, elalisetyenziswa njengendawo yabucala yokuloba yiNew York Skating Club, lalimi kwakuloo ndawo kumi kuyo ihotele eyimbali namhlanje.

Ingonyama yakha yajonga ehotele.

Kudala-ingakumbi ngo-1908 — inkosazana u-Elisabeth Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy waseHungary wafudukela eMelika ngesimanga sezilwanyana zasekhaya ezibandakanya izinja, iikati, i-owl, i-guinea pig, i-alligator kunye nebhere. Ngelixa iWaldorf Astoria yayiguqula iNkosazana, iPlaza yamamkela kunye nobukumkani bayo bezilwanyana, bayenza enye yeehotele zokuqala ezinobuhlobo. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, iNkosazana nayo yafumana ithole lengonyama elalingezi ukuza kuhlala naye ehotele kuphela, kodwa lafumana negumbi lalo. Yibize nje inkosi yehotele.

Iikhabhathi zokuqala ze-NYC ezihamba ngemoto zime ngaphandle kwehotele.

Ngosuku lokuvula, umkhosi omtsha okhazimlayo weeteksi ezinamandla e-petroli ezinamandla e-petroli zatshintshwa yihotele ukuhambisa iindwendwe ukusuka kwindawo engu-A ukuya ku-B. Eziphethwe ngusomashishini uHarry Allen, zazenzelwe ukubuyisela zonke iinqwelo ezirhuqwa ngamahashe. Baze beza baxhotyiswa ngeemitha zokuhamba-abakhweli baxhoma iisenti ezingama-30 kwisiqingatha seekhilomitha zokuqala kunye neesenti ezili-10 kwikota nganye elandelayo.

Ihotele yenza i-screen enkulu enkulu kwifilimu yeHitchcock.

Indlela Esasiyiyo, Ikhaya Lodwa 2, kunye neGreatby Zonke zafota ngokubalaseleyo ihotele ephawulekayo, kodwa ifilimu yokuqala eyadutyulwa kwipropathi yayinguHitchcock & apos; s 1959 classic Ngasentla ngeNtla-ntshona . Ngelo xesha, yayinqabile into yokuba iqela labadlali kunye nabadlali baphoswe kwindawo — phantse zonke zazifotwa kwizandi. Eminye yimbali yaseHollywood.

Intsomi ebanzi isetyenziselwa iyure yokonwaba kwigumbi le-Oak elivalwe ngoku.

Ivula i-bar yamadoda kuphela, Igumbi le-Oak lalivaliwe ngexesha loThintelo laza lavulwa njengendawo yokutyela ngo-1934. Cohan. UCohan ugcinile itafile yekona-egama linguCohan Corner -ukuze aphumle ngomboniso we-pre-theatre yonke imihla ukusuka kwi-4 kuye kwi-7 pm Ukukhumbula ukunyaniseka kwakhe, kwakumiswe ilitye lobhedu phezu komnquba emva kokuba edlulile.

UTruman Capote waphosa iqela lenkulungwane ngaphakathi kwepropathi.

Ngo-1966, uTruman Capote wahlanganisa umkhosi-ezinye iindwendwe ezingama-540- zebhola emnyama emhlophe nemhlophe ngaphakathi ehotele kunye neapos Grand Ballroom ukubhiyozela ukukhutshwa kwencwadi yakhe KwiCold Blood . Ukurhweba ngaphezulu kwe-16,000 yeedola, uCapote wamema isihlwele esinezithende ezinje ngoFrank Sinatra, Mia Farrow, kunye neendwendwe zembeko IWashington Post Umongameli uKatharine Graham. Ukusukela ngoko, iye yaba yindawo yomtshato ephezulu kubantu abadumileyo abanjengoCatherine Zeta-Jones kunye noMichael Douglas kunye noDonald Trump kunye noMarla Maples.

U-Chef Boyardee ucoce iichops zakhe ekhitshini lehotele.

Ngaphambi kokuba uChef Ettore 'Hector' uBoiardi wayeligama lekhaya le-ravioli yenkomo encinci, wayengumpheki kwihotele yodumo. Umfuduki wase-Itali, u-Boiardi wasebenza indlela yakhe ukuya kwintloko yokupheka ngaphambi kokuba ayokuvula indawo yokutyela eCleveland. Kodwa sukulindela ukuba iBefaroni ibonakale kwimenyu ngalo naliphi na ixesha kungekudala.

IPlaza ibiyinxalenye yomibini yeTrump kunye neHilton.

Namhlanje, iSahara Group kunye ne-Saudi Arabia esekwe eBritish Holdings yeyabo ihotele. Kodwa bekungabikho njalo. Ngo-1943, uConrad Hilton wathenga ipropathi nge-7.4 yezigidi zeedola (i-whopping $ 101 yezigidi namhlanje), kwaye ngo-1988, isicebi sezindlu uDonald Trump sayifumana ngezigidi ezingama-390 zeedola. Emva kokuqhawula umtshato nenkosikazi yakhe u-Ivana, uTrump wayithengisa nge-325 yezigidi zeedola.