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| caption = Savoy-Plaza Hotel, the large building at center, to the right of the taller, narrow spire of the [[Sherry-Netherland Hotel]] |
| caption = Savoy-Plaza Hotel, the large building at center, to the right of the taller, narrow spire of the [[Sherry-Netherland Hotel]], seen from [[The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary]] in [[Central Park]] in 1933 |
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| location = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |
| location = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |
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| address = 767 5th Avenue |
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| opening_date = October 1, 1927 |
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| demolition_date = 1965 |
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| architect = [[McKim, Mead & White]] |
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The '''Savoy-Plaza Hotel''' was a 33-story hotel overlooking [[Central Park]] at [[Fifth Avenue]] and East 59th Street |
The '''Savoy-Plaza Hotel''' was a 33-story hotel overlooking [[Central Park]] at [[Fifth Avenue]] and East [[59th Street (Manhattan)|59th Street]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. It opened in 1927 and was demolished in 1965. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Original Savoy Hotel=== |
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| ⚫ | Harry S. Black,<ref name="hospitalitynet1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4034949.html |
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The original Savoy Hotel at [[Fifth Avenue]] and 59th Street opened in June 1892, following the opening of the neighboring [[Plaza Hotel]] in 1890. The original 12-story Savoy was designed by architect Ralph S. Townsend, for landowners including [[New York Supreme Court]] Justice [[P. Henry Dugro]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lost 1892 Hotel Savoy -- 5th Avenue and 59th Street |url=http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-lost-1892-hotel-savoy-5th-avenue.html |website=Daytonian in Manhattan |date=February 8, 2016 |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The old Savoy continued to expand into the 1920s, and its furnishings were sold in 1925. |
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===Savoy-Plaza Hotel=== |
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| ⚫ | Harry S. Black,<ref name="hospitalitynet1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4034949.html|title=Remember the Savoy Plaza Hotel?; Is Economic Disaster Imminent; Cuba at the Crossroads|first=Stanley|last=Turkel, MHS, ISHC|publisher=Hospitalitynet.org|date=February 27, 2008|access-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref> owner of the Plaza, bought the Savoy Hotel, consolidated the block, and demolished it to commission a newer companion to the older establishment from the architects of the Plaza.<ref name="hospitalitynet1"/> The 33-story, {{convert|420|ft|adj=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON024.htm|title=New York Architecture Images- Savoy-Plaza Hotel|publisher=nyc-architecture.com|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> skyscraper Savoy-Plaza Hotel was designed by [[McKim, Mead & White]], built at a cost of $30 million,<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|title=Savoy Plaza to Be Razed for G.M. Offices|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/21/savoy-plaza-to-be-razed-for-gm-offices.html|last=Hailey|first=Foster|date=August 21, 1964|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and opened on October 1, 1927. |
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[[Hilton Hotels]] acquired the hotel in January 1957<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/30/archives/hilton-to-acquire-the-savoyplaza-chain-concern-to-take-over-hotel.html|title=HILTON TO ACQUIRE THE SAVOY-PLAZA; Chain Concern to Take over Hotel Here Through an Exchange of Stock|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 30, 1957}}</ref> through an exchange of stock with Savoy-Plaza, Inc. Hilton opened a [[Trader Vic's]] within the hotel on April 14, 1958, in a space formerly occupied by the Red Coach Inn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/73666546k?locale=en|title = Hilton Hotels, 1957 Annual Report}}</ref> On December 31, 1958, the full merger of Savoy-Plaza, Inc. and Hilton Hotels Corporation became effective,<ref>https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/downloads/sb3979071?locale=en {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> and the hotel was renamed the '''Savoy Hilton'''. Hilton sold the hotel to [[Webb & Knapp|Webb & Knapp, Inc.]] in May 1962, for $25 million.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> That November, Webb & Knapp resold a two-thirds interest to British Commercial Property Investments and a one-third interest to [[London Merchant Securities]].<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|132729673}}|title=Webb & Knapp Sells Part-Interest in Hotel To a British Company: London Merchant Securities Pays Cash for Third of Savoy Hilton In New York, Another Building|date=November 13, 1962|page=4|work=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 13, 1962|title=Interest Is Sold in Savoy Hilton; Foreign Company Acquires Webb & Knapp Equity|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/11/13/82771068.pdf|page=61|access-date=April 23, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Hilton and the hotel's owners agreed to end the chain's management of the hotel in 1964, though the contract continued through 1967. [[Westin Hotels|Western International Hotels]] assumed management on June 2, 1964, renaming the property '''The Savoy Plaza''', without the original hyphen.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news|title=Hotel Here to Become The Savoy Plaza Again|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/03/hotel-here-to-become-the-savoy-plaza-again.html|date=June 3, 1964|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The owners announced plans for the hotel's demolition on August 21, 1964, leading to a significant public outcry and protests.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> On December 16, 1964, the owners announced that the hotel would be replaced by a 48-story office tower, designed by [[Edward Durell Stone]] to house the Eastern headquarters of [[General Motors]].<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite news|title=48-Story Tower to Rise on Savoy Plaza Site|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/16/48story-tower-to-rise-on-savoy-plaza-site.html|last=Fowler|first=Glenn|date=December 16, 1964|work=The New York Times}}</ref> The hotel remained open through the [[1964 New York World's Fair]], finally closing in October 1965. It was demolished in late 1965 and early 1966 and replaced with the [[General Motors Building (Manhattan)|General Motors Building]], completed in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manhattan 1960s: 1965|url=http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21249&page=12|publisher=Wired New York|date=April 5, 2010|access-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of former hotels in Manhattan]] |
* [[List of former hotels in Manhattan]] |
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* [[List of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 20 November 2024
| Savoy-Plaza Hotel | |
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 Savoy-Plaza Hotel, the large building at center, to the right of the taller, narrow spire of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, seen from The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary in Central Park in 1933 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | New York City, New York |
| Address | 767 5th Avenue |
| Opening | October 1, 1927 |
| Demolished | 1965 |
| Height | 420 ft (130 m) |
| 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 East 59th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It opened in 1927 and was demolished in 1965.
History
[edit]Original Savoy Hotel
[edit]The original Savoy Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street opened in June 1892, following the opening of the neighboring Plaza Hotel in 1890. The original 12-story Savoy was designed by architect Ralph S. Townsend, for landowners including New York Supreme Court Justice P. Henry Dugro.[1] The old Savoy continued to expand into the 1920s, and its furnishings were sold in 1925.
Savoy-Plaza Hotel
[edit]Harry S. Black,[2] owner of the Plaza, bought the Savoy Hotel, consolidated the block, and demolished it to commission a newer companion to the older establishment from the architects of the Plaza.[2] The 33-story, 420-foot (130 m)[3] skyscraper Savoy-Plaza Hotel was designed by McKim, Mead & White, built at a cost of $30 million,[4] and opened on October 1, 1927.
Hilton Hotels acquired the hotel in January 1957[5] through an exchange of stock with Savoy-Plaza, Inc. Hilton opened a Trader Vic's within the hotel on April 14, 1958, in a space formerly occupied by the Red Coach Inn.[6] On December 31, 1958, the full merger of Savoy-Plaza, Inc. and Hilton Hotels Corporation became effective,[7] and the hotel was renamed the Savoy Hilton. Hilton sold the hotel to Webb & Knapp, Inc. in May 1962, for $25 million.[4] That November, Webb & Knapp resold a two-thirds interest to British Commercial Property Investments and a one-third interest to London Merchant Securities.[8][9] Hilton and the hotel's owners agreed to end the chain's management of the hotel in 1964, though the contract continued through 1967. Western International Hotels assumed management on June 2, 1964, renaming the property The Savoy Plaza, without the original hyphen.[10]
The owners announced plans for the hotel's demolition on August 21, 1964, leading to a significant public outcry and protests.[4] On December 16, 1964, the owners announced that the hotel would be replaced by a 48-story office tower, designed by Edward Durell Stone to house the Eastern headquarters of General Motors.[11] The hotel remained open through the 1964 New York World's Fair, finally closing in October 1965. It was demolished in late 1965 and early 1966 and replaced with the General Motors Building, completed in 1968.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Lost 1892 Hotel Savoy -- 5th Avenue and 59th Street". Daytonian in Manhattan. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ a b Turkel, MHS, ISHC, Stanley (February 27, 2008). "Remember the Savoy Plaza Hotel?; Is Economic Disaster Imminent; Cuba at the Crossroads". Hospitalitynet.org. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "New York Architecture Images- Savoy-Plaza Hotel". nyc-architecture.com. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ^ a b c Hailey, Foster (August 21, 1964). "Savoy Plaza to Be Razed for G.M. Offices". The New York Times.
- ^ "HILTON TO ACQUIRE THE SAVOY-PLAZA; Chain Concern to Take over Hotel Here Through an Exchange of Stock". The New York Times. January 30, 1957.
- ^ "Hilton Hotels, 1957 Annual Report".
- ^ https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/downloads/sb3979071?locale=en [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Webb & Knapp Sells Part-Interest in Hotel To a British Company: London Merchant Securities Pays Cash for Third of Savoy Hilton In New York, Another Building". Wall Street Journal. November 13, 1962. p. 4. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 132729673.
- ^ "Interest Is Sold in Savoy Hilton; Foreign Company Acquires Webb & Knapp Equity" (PDF). The New York Times. November 13, 1962. p. 61. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Hotel Here to Become The Savoy Plaza Again". The New York Times. June 3, 1964.
- ^ Fowler, Glenn (December 16, 1964). "48-Story Tower to Rise on Savoy Plaza Site". The New York Times.
- ^ "Manhattan 1960s: 1965". Wired New York. April 5, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2017.