Facing a mounting campaign by grass-roots preservationists and union activists to "Save the
Plaza" from being reduced from an 800-room hotel to a mixed-use luxury condominium with only 150 guest rooms, CEO Miki Naftali is now slated to appear before the Landmarks Commission for plans to repurpose the famed Oak Room, Oak Bar, Palm Court, Grand Ballroom and palatial historic lobbies. Frequented for nearly a century by prime ministers, presidents and celebrities, the fate of the legendary public rooms remains uncertain as 1,000 hotel workers protest imminent lay-offs.
Plaza" from being reduced from an 800-room hotel to a mixed-use luxury condominium with only 150 guest rooms, CEO Miki Naftali is now slated to appear before the Landmarks Commission for plans to repurpose the famed Oak Room, Oak Bar, Palm Court, Grand Ballroom and palatial historic lobbies. Frequented for nearly a century by prime ministers, presidents and celebrities, the fate of the legendary public rooms remains uncertain as 1,000 hotel workers protest imminent lay-offs.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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