"The Plaza has always been my favorite hotel in New York. After reading Ward Morehouse's delightful book, I now understand why. It's as enjoyable as staying there in a room overlooking the park!" — Neil Simon

"As magical as the best Broadway show, Mr. Morehouse's book on the Plaza Hotel makes me feel young again. Thanks for the memories!" — Bob Hope

"The Plaza captures the illusive fairy-tale magic of the Plaza and in the doing gives us a valentine of enchantment about the history of New York." — Gloria Vanderbilt

INSIDE THE PLAZA: An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel (00314473), by Ward Morehouse III, is a treasure-trove of fascinating and colorful stories. It's the tale of the world-famous Plaza Hotel, one of America's most beloved and beautiful landmarks, and the people who have been part of the magic and elegant splendor of its fairy-tale world.

Through its doors and onto its pages walk such luminaries as Neil Simon, Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger, Donald and Ivana Trump, Liza Minnelli, Eddie Murphy, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Morehouse captures golden moments "inside the Plaza" from the turn of the century when the hotel was built to the turn of the millenium, when the hotel's owners announced exciting renovation plans. From the sumptuous duplex Presidential suite penthouse to the priceless artwork to the railroad tracks which were used to ferry coal to the subterranean basement, no Plaza treasure or nook or story is overlooked in this biography of America's grandest historic hotel.

Ward Morehouse III, author of the acclaimed The Waldorf-Astoria: America's Guilded Dream, drama critic, celebrity columnist, playwright and master storyteller, lived at the Plaza for 11 years as a child.