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First Lady of Hotels.

Deep in the heart of New York City there is yet a place so special it has a part in the fantasies of us all -- the secret setting of our Perfect Loves and Grandest Moments, with a lingering dazzle and romance money alone could never buy.

The Plaza Hotel, in her long association with royalty and aristocracy, has never been anything but the First Lady of hotels. Presidents and writers, touring statesmen and artist in New York have always seen the Plaza as their natural home. Perhaps the secret of the Plaza's pull upon our imagination is the elegance that has been a real and living part of her since the day she opened in 1907. The Plaza is style -- not the kind you can get from well-appointed decorations or setting alone -- but a constant attention to perfection - the multitudes of little unhurried things that lift life above the ordinary. The Plaza makes us remember what things were like in a world that had time for quality.

Towels with Attitude.
Unsurpassed Mascioni Turkish towels regularly brush against the world's most famous flesh. Kings, presidents, business VIPs, literary greats, and celebrities have been pampered in Plaza Hotel guestrooms with meticulously-woven towels, legendary for exceptional warmth and absorbency. Generously sized, each piece is 100% ring spun, long staple cotton terry, 700-gram weight, finished with straight hems on all sides and European-style checquered border. Softness is greatly enhanced with subsequent washings. Set includes: 13"x13" Washcloth; 19" x 32" Hand Towel; and 27" x 54" Estate-Size Bath Towel.

Plaza Suite Collection.

Price: $36. (one set)
Price: $69. (two sets)
Price: $129. (four sets)

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Private Lives.
Made in Turkey, where the finest cotton in the world is grown, the Plaza Hotel Guestroom Robe is hand-stitched from terry velour with tops of the loops sheared off the fabric to create softer tactile sensation and sheen, similar to plush velvet. Generously sized for genuine comfort, the elegant, one-size-fits-most robe features long cuffed sleeves, double-stitched belt, and plush full shawl collar. Crafted in white 100% cotton velour for durability and quality, with 52-inch length, and 57-inch sweep (circumference at the bottom), it looks great on both men and women. Machine washable and dryable.

Plaza Hotel Bathrobe.

Price: $125.

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Re-Create the Plaza Experience.
We cannot promise you a quiet tall window overlooking Central Park for a long and succulent Sunday brunch. Or a splendid and unforgettable Saturday night in the Persian Room. Or a cocktail in the Oak Room. But with this previous-owned 1972 First Edition of The Plaza Cookbook you can re-create for yourself the favorites and traditions of the millions who have loved her -- the food that has been fit for kings and princes. Feel the invisible hoverings of liveried footman and matchless waiters, "slip an invisible mink from your shoulders," and dine.

The Plaza Cookbook.

Price: $150.

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When Jazz Wore a Dinner Suit.
The Plaza, like the music of Miles Davis, was (and is) synonymous with taste, elegance, and sophistication. “Jazz at the Plaza” features Miles Davis on trumpet, Bill Evans on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums, and the amazing saxophone duo of John Coltrane on alto and Cannonball Adderley on tenor, recorded at the famed hotel on September 9, 1958. It is doubtful that the venerable hotel had ever hosted jazz as up-to-the-minute, hard-swinging, or deeply beautiful as the music captured here.

Jazz at the Plaza CD.

Price: $18.

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Relic from the Grande Dame.
Offering an artifact from the golden age of glamorous smoking, now this endangered object, out of use along with cigarettes, but desirable for its connection to the culture of New York City in the twentieth century. Use it on the dressing table for jewelry, or serve nuts and hors d'oeuvres in it at parties.

Plaza Hotel Ashtray.

Price: $245.

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Among My Souvenirs.
As one of New York City's finest hotels, The Plaza was architecturally designed imitating the style of a late medieval French chateaux. When the hotel opened in 1907, it was used primarily as a residence for wealthy New Yorkers such as Alfred Vanderbilt. The famous flocked to its doors. Ernest Hemingway once counseled F. Scott Fitzgerald that he should leave his liver to Princeton and his heart to The Plaza.