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When The Plaza Was the Plaza.

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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The Official History.
For almost one hundred years, The Plaza has mirrored the social history of Manhattan: its tastes in design, entertainment, restaurants and accommodations, as well as its adjustment to Prohibition, the Great Depression, two World Wars, the Cold War, women's rights, smokers' rights, animals' rights and British rock-and-roll. The first guests to sign the register, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, set the standard for the long procession of luminaries that followed: Mark Twain, Diamond Jim Brady, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the Beatles, among many others. In AT THE PLAZA, Curtis Gathje, the hotel's official historian, has compiled a tremendous collection of photographs and vignettes chronicling the colorful history of a building, an institution, and a city.

At the Plaza.

Price: $65.

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An Intimate Portrait.
A special lore, a special aura, a special everything has been built up around The Plaza, from the giant coal caverns in the basement to the townhouse-in-the-sky Presidential Suite, from the cigars soaked in water in the smoke shop, to the brief-lived Studebaker dealership, to the brand new world-class Plaza Spa. For a while, Conrad Hilton owned it, then Donald and Ivana tried it on for size. But the exotic and lavish and the unexpected are what are always taking place at the greatest hotel in the world. Author Ward Morehouse has collected all the Plaza's gems, looked in all the nooks and crannies. With INSIDE THE PLAZA, he has created a very special, intimately personalized account of the only storybook castle in America where anyone who desires to can stay overnight.

Inside the Plaza.

Price: $55.

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A Week in the Life of the Plaza.
The grand hotel deluxe has long been a subject for novels and television shows, but until now no one has ever written about what goes on inside a real luxury hotel and how it actually works. The THE HOTEL, author Sonny Kleinfield presents a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at the fascinating world of the quintessential luxury hotel: the Plaza in New York City. In this lively and revealing book he chronicles a typical week in the life of the Plaza -- and in the process shows how luxury hotels everywhere manage to maintain their enduring mystique.

The Hotel.

Price: $75.

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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: $145.

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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.