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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Contents
Dedication
The Plaza, the Camera, and the Century
Part One: The Site
The New York Skating Club
The First Plaza Hotel
The Fifth Avenue Door, Circa 1895
At The Plaza, 1898
Demolition of the First Plaza Hotel
February 5, 1906
September 15, 1906
October 7, 1906
Part Two: The Legend
October 1, 1907
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Signs the Opening-Day Register
The Fifty-ninth Street Lobby
The Tearoom (the Palm Court)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell Lights a Cigarette
The Men’s Cafe (the Edwardian Room)
The Men’s Bar (the Oak Room)
The Plaza Crest
The Dining Room (the Fifth Avenue Lobby)
Luncheon Menu, July 4, 1911
The Ballroom
The Plaza and the Taxicab
The Cornelius Vanderbilt Mansion
The Sherman Monument
Enrico Caruso and the Magneta Clock
The Postcard Craze and The Plaza
Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy Adopts a Pet
The Plaza Lighted for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration
The Pulitzer Fountain
F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby
New York, 1930
The Persian Room
The Persian Room Murals
Persian Room Menu, October 14, 1937
Conrad Hilton Buys The Plaza
The Incomparable Hildegarde
Colonel Serge Obolensky
The Oak Bar
The Shinn Murals
The George M. Cohan Corner
The Cecil Beaton Suite
Greta Garbo in the Cecil Beaton Suite
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Celebrate an Anniversary
The Rendez-vous
Marlene Dietrich in Residence
The Christian Dior Suite
The Frank Lloyd Wright Suite
Frank Lloyd Wright Has His Picture Taken
Frank Lloyd Wright … On Record
Henry Dreyfuss Transforms the Persian Room
In the Persian Room
Miss Kay Thompson
Eloise
Patricia Kennedy Weds Peter Lawford
Marilyn Monroe and the Broken Shoulder Strap
Jayne Mansfield in the Tricycle Garage
Edwardian Room Menu, November 8, 1956
Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest
Jazz at The Plaza
Ike and Mamie and Jack and Jackie
The Second British Invasion of America
The Beatles’ Press Conference
The Two Eloise Portraits
Trader Vic’s
Mr. Capote Throws a Party
The Black and White Ball
Svetlana
Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor Meet the Press
Julie Nixon Weds David Eisenhower
NOW Stages a Protest
Mrs. Aristotle Onassis
The Movies and The Plaza
The Green Tulip Debacle
John and Yoko in the Oyster Bar
Donald Trump Buys The Plaza
Home Alone 2
Red Grooms at The Plaza
The Plaza Lighted for a Lingerie Show
Time Line
Filmography
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Acknowledgments
Index
Copyright
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