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Saturday Afternoon Book Discussion

Adults

Please join us for an engaging discussion of The Plaza: the secret life of America's most famous hotel. by Julie Satow.

From the moment in 1907 when New York millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt strode through the Plaza Hotel's revolving doors to become its first guest, to the afternoon in 2007 when a mysterious Russian oligarch paid a record price for the hotel's largest penthouse, the eighteen-story white marble edifice at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street has radiated wealth and luxury.

Journalist Julie Satow's 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 today's Billionaire Row.

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 York's place at the center of the country's cultural narrative for over a century. (Hachette Book Group, publisher)

Copies of this THE PLAZA are available for check-out at the Richmond Heights Branch Reference Desk.

If you have any questions about this book discussion, please contact the Richmond Heights Branch at 440.449.2666.