Savoy-Plaza Hotel
| Savoy-Plaza Hotel | |
|---|---|
 Savoy-Plaza Hotel, the large building at center, to the right of the taller, narrow spire of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel. | |
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| General information | |
| Location | New York City, New York |
| Address | 767 5th Avenue |
| Opening | October 1, 1927 |
| Height | 128 meters |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 33 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | McKim, Mead & White |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 1,000 |
The Savoy-Plaza Hotel was a 33-story hotel overlooking Central Park at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, New York. It opened in 1927 and was demolished in 1965.
History
Harry S. Black,[1] the owner of the nearby Plaza Hotel, bought the Savoy Hotel, built in 1890, and demolished it along with the adjacent buildings on the block to build a newer companion to the older establishment.[1] The 33-story, 128 meter[2] skyscraper hotel was designed by McKim, Mead & White, built at a cost of $30 million,[3] and opened on October 1, 1927.
It was sold to Hilton Hotels in 1958 and they opened a Trader Vic's in the hotel on April 14, 1958. They later renamed the hotel the Savoy Hilton. Hilton sold the hotel to Webb & Knapp, Inc. in May 1962, for $25 million.[3] Webb & Knapp resold the hotel to British Commercial Property Investments of Toronto later that year.[3] Hilton and the hotel's owners agreed to end the chain's management of the hotel in 1964, though the contract was set to continue through 1967.[4] Western International Hotels assumed management on June 2, 1964,[4] renaming the hotel The Savoy Plaza, without the original hyphen. The hotel's planned demolition was announced on August 21, 1964[3] The news of the demolition brought significant public outcry and protests,[5] On December 16, 1964, it was announced that the hotel would be replaced by a 48-story tower, designed by Edward Durell Stone as the Eastern headquarters of General Motors.[5] The hotel remained open through the duration of the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair, finally closing in October 1965. It was demolished in late 1965 and early 1966[6] and replaced with the General Motors Building, completed in 1968.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Remember the Savoy Plaza Hotel?; Is Economic Disaster Imminent; Cuba at the Crossroads | By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC". Hospitalitynet.org. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "New York Architecture Images- Savoy-Plaza Hotel". Nyc-architecture.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ a b c d http://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/21/savoy-plaza-to-be-razed-for-gm-offices.html
- ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/03/hotel-here-to-become-the-savoy-plaza-again.html
- ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/16/48story-tower-to-rise-on-savoy-plaza-site.html
- ^ http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21249&page=12