Savoy-Plaza Hotel
A fashionable Fifth Avenue hotel was demolished after only 38 years to make room for the General Motors Building.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A luxury hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street overlooking Central Park in New York City.
The 33-storey hotel replaced an earlier Savoy and became a prominent address for visitors, dining and events. Its valuable corner site made the building vulnerable despite its reputation.
Existence timeline
The new Savoy-Plaza begins serving guests beside Central Park.
Dining rooms and public spaces establish a fashionable reputation.
Corporate ownership changes late in the hotel's life.
The site is chosen for a new office tower.
The Savoy-Plaza disappears after 38 years.
Why it ended
The hotel closed in 1965 and was demolished for a much larger office development.
Last confirmed trace
Photographs, menus, postcards, architectural records and objects preserve the hotel's short life.
What it left behind
Its replacement illustrates the mid-century transfer of prestige on Fifth Avenue from grand hotels to corporate towers.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.