The Plaza Hotel is located at 768 5th Avenue New York.It is on the western side of Grand Avenue  Plaza (This is where the Plaza got its name). It opened on October 1, 1907.

     The Hotel is 18 stories.  The building style is French Renaissance Chateau.   It was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh.  There are 2 lobbies on the ground floor. There is a marble facade at the base. White brick covers the upper storries.  The roof is mansard.  There is an upper floor ballroom.

     Originally, the hotel had 800 guest rooms.  Following the 2008 renovation there were 282 guest rooms and 181 condominiums.

     Until.1943, the Plaza Operating Company managed the hotel.  This company also built the building.  Over subsequent years the  Plaza had multiple owners.