Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
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| Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers | |
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| Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers (2009) | |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Address | 50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116-3912 |
| Opening date | 1927 |
| Developer | Statler Hotels |
| Architect | George B. Post [1] |
| Owner | Donald Saunders |
| Cost | $14 million dollars |
| Rooms | 1,300 Guest Rooms with private baths (1927) 941 Guest Rooms & Guest Suites (2012) |
| Floors | 14 |
| Total height | 155 feet |
| Website | bostonparkplaza.com |
- For the Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds, UK see Park Plaza Hotel Leeds
The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers is a former Statler Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts built in 1927 by hotelier E.M. Statler. A prototype of the grand American hotel, it was called a "city within a city". It was the first hotel in the world to offer in-room radio in every room.[2]
The hotel operates the Castle at Park Plaza in the former Armory of the First Corps of Cadets building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The building contains a Smith & Wollensky steakhouse.[3]
In the 1990s Trans World Airlines operated a ticket office in the hotel building.[4] Delta Air Lines also had a ticket office in the building.[5]
In 2010 the hotel's Swan's Cafe was named one of Yankee Magazine's Best 5 New England Teahouses.[6]
References [edit]
- "Profile of The Boston Park Plaza and Towers", Historic Hotels of America, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- ^ Breisch, Kenneth A.; Hoagland, Alison K., Building Environments, University of Tennessee Press, 2005. Cf. p.126
- ^ "History: Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers", official website
- ^ "Smith & Wollensky - Back Bay, Boston", official Smith & Wollensky website
- ^ "Ticket Offices." Trans World Airlines. December 3, 1998. Retrieved on January 24, 2010. "Boston Park Plaza Hotel 52-54 Park Plaza Boston, MA. 02116"
- ^ "City Ticket Offices." Delta Air Lines. Retrieved on November 20, 2012. "Park Plaza Ticket Office Park Plaza Hotel - Arlington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02117 "
- ^ Munichiello, Katrina, "Best 5 Teahouses: Five favorites in New England", Yankee magazine, March/April 2010.
