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21-545: Park Plaza may refer to: Hotels [ edit ] Boston Park Plaza , former Statler Hotel Park Plaza Hotel (Los Angeles) , 1920s art deco building in downtown Los Angeles, near MacArthur Park. Park Plaza Hotel (Toronto) , former name of the Park Hyatt Toronto, Canada Hotel chains [ edit ] Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts , international hotel chain owned by Radisson Hotel Group, with PPHE Hotel Group

42-582: A $ 500,000 line of credit available, but maintained positive cash flow and Statler never used the line of credit. The Statler hotel in St. Louis was the first in the nation to offer air conditioning. The Dallas Statler hotel was the first in the nation to have elevator music. Each of the subsequent Statler Hotels built upon this formula for success. Reflecting the era's enthusiasm for scientific management , Statler took pride in how he standardized questions of room design. His hotels had minimal wasted space, particularly on

63-550: A city" and also contains an adjoining office building. It was the first hotel in the world to offer in-room radio in every room. During the hotel's construction, it was discovered that the Statler's planned 155 foot height exceeded the maximum height of 125 feet (38 m) allowed by the Massachusetts State Building Code. However the building was granted a special exemption by Mayor James Michael Curley , making it

84-450: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boston Park Plaza The Hilton Boston Park Plaza is a historic hotel in Boston, Massachusetts , United States, opened on March 10, 1927. It was built by hotelier E.M. Statler as part of his Statler Hotels chain. A prototype of the grand American hotel, it was called a "city within

105-650: The Bronx Park Plaza Condominiums , residential high-rise building complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico Park Plaza Mall , upscale shopping center in midtown Little Rock, Arkansas Pacific Park Plaza , 30 story residential tower in Emeryville, California SCB Park Plaza , or Siam Commercial Bank Park Plaza, a high-rise building complex in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok, Thailand Topics referred to by

126-593: The Exposition. With 2,084 rooms, it could accommodate 5,000 guests. Although the Exposition was deemed an overall failure due to a number of factors (including bad weather and the assassination of President William McKinley ), Statler was one of the few vendors to make a small profit. His next venture was the Inside Inn, built for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri . Another temporary wooden structure, it

147-544: The Hilton Boston Park Plaza began an opened-ended strike which involves 24 hours a day, 7 days a week picketing outside the hotel's entrance. On October 7, it was reported that in contrast to previous labor strikes in Boston which sometimes only lasted a few days, the ongoing strike at Hilton Boston Park Plaza would continue indefinitely. The strike picketing at Hilton Boston Park Plaza would end on October 30, 2024 after

168-643: The Park Plaza Castle, a banquet facility located in the adjacent former Armory of the First Corps of Cadets building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Statler Hotels In 1901, Buffalo hosted the Pan-American Exposition . Statler built a hotel on the Exposition grounds and called it "Statler's Hotel". It was a temporary wooden structure intended to last the duration of

189-666: The Statler and Radisson hotel chains". The Hotels Statler Company, Inc., was sold to Conrad Hilton 's Hilton Hotels in 1954 for $ 111 million, then the world's largest real estate transaction. The Statler hotel in Buffalo was the first to be demolished after the Hilton acquisition, in 1968. The Statler hotel in New York became the Hotel Pennsylvania. The Travel Channel's documentary paranormal television show Destination Fear filmed at

210-418: The Statler name) to a light in the closet, Statler brought the average traveler a level of luxury that was otherwise unaffordable. Rooms were originally available at what seemed a very cheap price, leading many other hoteliers to predict the failure of the Buffalo hotel. The opening night price was as low as $ 1.50 for a guest room, leading to the slogan "A Room and a Bath for a Dollar and a Half". The hotel had

231-590: The building until 1998 and 2000 respectively. In the late 1960s, the University of Massachusetts Boston leased part of the building and converted it into faculty and departmental office space. The building has also served as the venue for Anthro New England , a furry convention held in the Greater Boston area. In 2023 Road Scholar moved its headquarters into the Statler Building. The hotel used to operate

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252-552: The guestroom floors, and he strove to have room layouts that would maximize efficiency and profitability. After Statler's death in 1928, the company built hotels in Washington, D.C. , Los Angeles, California , Hartford, Connecticut , and Dallas, Texas . Many of these hotels were designed by the architectural firm of George Post & Sons, the successor firm of George B. Post . In the mid- and late-1940s, pianist Liberace "gained national exposure through his performance contracts with

273-693: The hotel and received a Four Diamond Award from AAA . In 2023, the hotel was sold to Mexico City-based Parks Hospitality Holdings for $ 370 million. It was rebranded the Hilton Boston Park Plaza on October 31, 2023, when Hilton Hotels & Resorts assumed management. From 1994 through 2018, the Boston Park Plaza was a member of Historic Hotels of America , the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation . On October 6, 2024, UNITE HERE Local 26 members employed at

294-628: The hotel for $ 126 million to a partnership between Highgate Hotels, Rockpoint Group , and the Donald Saunders Family, LLC. Two years later the Highgate/Rockpoint/Saunders partnership sold the hotel for $ 250 million to the Sunstone Hotel Investors REIT who retained Highgate to manage the hotel, and shortened the hotel's name to simply Boston Park Plaza . In 2016 Sunstone completed a $ 100 million renovation of

315-636: The hotel was renamed the Statler Hilton in 1958. In December 1976, Hilton announced plans to close the Statler Hilton Boston , but the closure was avoided when the Irving M. Saunders family purchased the hotel and renamed it The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers . In 1997, the Saunders Hotel Group (Roger Saunders and sons) sold the Boston Park Plaza to Starwood . In 2011, Starwood sold

336-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Park Plaza . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Park_Plaza&oldid=1230603886 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

357-545: The striking hotel workers voted to ratify a new labor contract. Hilton Boston Park Plaza workers would then return to work on November 1, 2024. The Statler Hotel building was also home to the Northern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite from 1927 to 1968, and radio station WEZE 's broadcast studio from 1957 to 1977. George Carlin worked briefly as a DJ at WEZE in 1957. TWA and Delta had ticket offices in

378-544: The tallest building in the city for a time, with the exception of the Boston Custom House Tower . The building, filling an entire triangular city block, has two uses. The western half houses the hotel, while the eastern half has, since the building's construction, served as offices. The hotel opened on March 10, 1927, as the Statler Hotel Boston . The Statler chain was sold to Hilton Hotels in 1954 and

399-891: Was licensed to use the name PPHE Hotel Group , formerly Park Plaza Hotels Europe and Park Plaza Hotels Limited, a listed company Park Plaza Hotel Leeds , also known as Royal Exchange House, England, part of Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts hotel chain and operated by PPHE Hotel Group Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam , part of Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts hotel chain and operated by PPHE Hotel Group Park Plaza Westminster Bridge , part of Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts hotel chain and operated by PPHE Hotel Group Film [ edit ] Park Plaza 605 , 1953 British crime film Buildings [ edit ] Park Plaza Apartments (Lexington, Kentucky) , 21 story residential high-rise Park Plaza (Worcester, Massachusetts) , 9-story residential high-rise Park Plaza Apartments (New York) , prominent art deco apartment buildings erected in

420-490: Was the first hotel chain to offer such amenity. The hotel was successful and led to a chain of hotels in other cities. Statler's intent was not to compete with the luxury hotels, but to provide, clean, comfortable, and moderately-priced rooms for the average traveler. Statler was the first major hotel chain to have a bathroom in every room. His innovative Statler Plumbing Shaft is still used in modern construction. From providing paper and pens for correspondence (prominently bearing

441-569: Was the world's largest hotel with 2,257 rooms. A grand success, the hotel made Statler a net profit of $ 361,000 and laid the groundwork for his first permanent hotel. The hotel was then dismantled and sold for scrap. The Inside Inn was near the edge of Forest Park in St. Louis, now traversed by Highway 64/40. The first "permanent" Statler hotel was designed by August Esenwein and James A. Johnson , built in Buffalo, New York , and offered 300 rooms and bathrooms (later expanded to 450 rooms and baths). It

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