#69 The Plaza Hotel

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2008

⏱️ 32 minutes

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It got off to a rocky start, but the Plaza Hotel has become one of the most recognizable landmarks in New York City. We take a look at its kooky history, from its days as an upper class 'transient hotel' to a party place for celebrities. Starring: Henry Hardenberg, Eloise, Truman Capote and of course the unsinkable Mrs. Patrick Campbell. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Episode 69 of The Bowery Boys, The Plaza Hotel.
0:04.4	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys!
0:06.0	Hey!
0:08.0	The Bowery Boys is brought to you by urochipo.com.
0:12.0	Urochipo editors personally visit and review the best budget hotels in Europe.
0:16.8	Now with hotels in New York City, on the web at urochipo.com.
0:21.2	Hello there and welcome to The Bowery Boys, my name is Greg Young.
0:24.0	And I'm Tom Myers.
0:25.2	Back again for another exciting episode of The Bowery Boys,
0:28.0	we are both a little bit under the weather.
0:30.4	So you might hear that in our tone.
0:32.4	That co-ravally tone.
0:33.6	But we will forge on soldier on into our new topic for the week,
0:38.4	The Glamorous Plaza Hotel.
0:41.2	We really wanted to be sipping champagne as we recorded tonight's podcast.
0:45.6	But things being as they are rather grand motherly in our room here.
0:50.4	We're hot tea instead.
0:52.4	There is really nothing like the plaza.
0:54.4	I mean, there are a lot of glamorous, wonderful old-school, old-style hotels in Midtown.
1:00.8	But the plaza is actually a very hollowed place for some people.
1:04.4	It's like this very romantic castle that sits right next to Central Park.
1:08.0	A chateau, a French chateau.
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