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The Plaza Hotel (Visit this link) $$$$$

After a two year and $400 million renovation, The Plaza Hotel is now open. Prices are along the lines of "If you have to ask,.. though through April 1 there is a buy two get one free special on rooms." Opulent, excessive, luxurious,... Oddly, the place has lost its vitality and grace--it is hauntingly quiet, the doormen fail to open doors, and the Oak Bar is closed until 5:30 - and on a recent visit kept would be merry-makers in the hallway till 6:00.

768 5th Avenue @ 59th Street

(212) 759-3000

Last Modified: Tuesday Dec 02 2008

The Plaza Hotel is located in
Midtown - West

other neighborhoods in Midtown include:

Clinton , Midtown East , Midtown West , Sutton Place , Theater District , Turtle Bay

Carnegie Hill

Carnegie Hill is the area between 86th and 96th Streets, and between Third and Fifth Avenues that is home to many of the city’s private schools and the families whose children attend them. The neighborhood derives its name from the Carnegie Mansion, former home of Andrew Carnegie and current home of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, well worth a visit at 91st Street and Fifth Avenue. In this neighborhood you will find wonderful shops: clothing and shoes for women and children, gourmet food and wine stores, bookstores and toy stores--each with its own personality and fine service, as they are often proprietor owned and operated.

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