The Plaza: The Secret Life of America`s Most Famous Hotel 9781455566655

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Автор: Satow Julie
Название: The Plaza: The Secret Life of America`s Most Famous Hotel
ISBN: 9781455566655
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Издательство: Twelve
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ISBN-10: 1455566659
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.34 кг.
Дата издания: 02.06.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 206 x 137 x 31
Подзаголовок: The secret life of america`s most famous hotel
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: Journalist Julie Satows thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined our understanding of money and glamour, from the Gilded Age to the Go-Go Eighties to todays Billionaire Row.
From the moment in 1907 when New York millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt strode through the Plaza Hotels revolving doors to become its first guest to the afternoon in 2007 when a mysterious Russian oligarch paid a record price for the hotels largest penthouse, the eighteen-story white marble edifice at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street has radiated wealth and luxury.
For some, the hotel evokes images of F. Scott Fitzgerald frolicking in the Pulitzer Fountain, or Eloise, the impish young guest who pours water down the mail chute. But the true stories captured in The Plaza also include dark, hidden secrets: the cold-blooded murder perpetrated by the construction workers in charge of building the hotel, how Donald J. Trump came to be the only owner to ever bankrupt the Plaza, and the tale of the disgraced Indian tycoon who ran the hotel from a maximum-security prison cell, 7,000 miles away in Delhi.
In this definitive history, award-winning journalist Julie Satow not only pulls back the curtain on Truman Capotes Black and White Ball and The Beatles first stateside visit -- she also follows the money trail. The Plaza reveals how a handful of rich dowager widows were the financial lifeline that saved the hotel during the Great Depression, and how today, foreign money and anonymous shell companies have transformed iconic guest rooms into condominiums that shield ill-gotten gains, hollowing out parts of the hotel as well as the city around it.
The Plaza is the account of one vaunted New York City address that has become synonymous with wealth and scandal, opportunity and tragedy. With glamour on the surface and strife behind the scenes, it is the story of how one hotel became a mirror reflecting New Yorks place at the center of the countrys cultural narrative for over a century. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Arial}

The Plaza: The Secret Life of America`s Most Famous Hotel, Satow Julie