The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel

I am sure this will not be published .I was enjoying the book until the Author's overwhelming need to bring her political bias. Into the book made it unsuitable .Yes,we know you don't like Trump to bad your desire to be a professional was not stronger than your dislike of Trump.I would not buy this book.

This book is fascinating because it basically tells you the history of New York — and its wealth — through the story of one iconic building. So even if you don't think you're interested in The Plaza, it's impossible to resist the tale of a city weathering several wars, Prohibition, The Great Depression, NYC's hard times in the 1970s, etc. Plus there's plenty of good dirt and excellent social and labor history, not to mention Trump's quick but disastrous ownership and a conversion into an empty condo building for absentee billionaire landlords.....I really enjoyed it.

The different stories are truly fascinating. Even though it's a nonfiction book - you feel that you are reading fiction because the characters and stories are so unbelievable! Highly recommend!

Julie Satow has written an excellent book. It is packed full of tons of interesting historical facts about the Plaza, NYC and all the important players from the 1900's on. I can't put it down. It is brilliantly written and very clever. The amount of research that went into this book is staggering. It is also really juicy.! So fun. I love it. A MUST READ!!!

I read it in one day. That's what happens with well-written books. The book is fun and it contains many little-known facts about this storied property. It's easy, breezy, delightful reading. Readers can truly appreciate the intense research Ms. Satow performed to create this marvelous book about a New York City landmark that has become a world landmark. Reading The Plaza shows that one doesn't have to stay at the hotel to fall in love with it. A terrific book.

In The Plaza, Julie Satow has given us a birds eye view of class, status and power in New York City from the beginning of the twentieth century until the present. Meticulously researched, Satow’s narrative is gripping because there are so many delicious details about famous people --e.g. Donald Trump was the only owner to bankrupt the hotel. The book is filled with tales of murder and madness, extravagance and penny pinching, hubris and disgrace.

This is a fantastic and really well researched book about a storied building I see every day, and didn't know most of what was in here! It's like reading a novel. Seldom would I recommend a non-fiction historical book for beach reading, but this is perfect! I devoured it from the second I opened it.I usually am reading a fiction and nonfiction book at the same time and happen to be reading LOCK EVERY DOOR along with this, and would totally recommend as a good pairing of fiction with nonfiction.Worth the hype, and will keep to reference in the future.

This book was so well done!!!! Couldn’t stop reading it! So many juicy tidbits about NYC and it’s history.

Some of my favorite memories of New York revolve around this iconic hotel, this is why I was looking forward to reading this book.Julie tells in this book many interesting stories about this hotel, since the early days of its founding until today.It seems as the walls of this hotel have talked with Julie and they’ve told her their most juicy secret.If you love luxury hotels or New York city then this is the book for you.

Adorei este livro. Produto de um notável trabalho de pesquisa, recheado de fatos curiosos e sempre divertidos! Nomes famosos aparecem a todo tempo, dando um ritmo maravilhoso à sua leitura. Recomendo vivamente a todo mundo!

Love the in-depth look intoNew York History...inspired me to buy and still readingNew York by Rutherford