The Plaza Residences

The Plaza Residences represent a different kind of ultra-luxury — not height, not starchitect, not new construction, but the most historically laden address in American culture. Henry Janeway Hardenbergh's 1907 French Renaissance chateau — the building that gave Grand Army Plaza its anchor and Central Park its Manhattan counterpoint — was converted to private residences in 2008 after two years of restoration.

The 181 private residences have their own entrance on Central Park South and approximately 100 different floor plans, ranging from small studios to large triplex penthouses. The variety of configurations reflects the building's original hotel layout: rooms were assembled and combined in ways that create unusual proportions, turreted corner windows, and spaces that no new construction building could produce. Floors are walnut-bordered herringbone parquet, explicitly designed to echo the famous mosaic patterns in the Plaza's historic lobbies.

The kitchen specification is historically inflected: Nero Marquina stone countertops and mosaic Calacatta marble backsplashes that reference the hotel's visual language. Lefroy Brooks bathroom fixtures — the same British brand specified at 220 Central Park South — carry the Plaza's Double P monogram. Bathrooms were designed to mirror the historic lobby mosaic patterns. The most bespoke renovated units, like the Tony Ingrao-designed apartment with soaring 13-foot ceilings, Venetian plaster walls, Gesso hand-painted finishes, and black high-gloss doors with full-length mirrors, demonstrate what is possible when a designer engages seriously with the building's theatrical character.

The Plaza Hotel services — twice-daily housekeeping, 24/7 room service, Guerlain Spa, the Palm Court — give residents access to the most famous hotel infrastructure in Manhattan.