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==Trump Parc: Barbizon
[[File:Trump Parc - 6th Ave and 58th St (4684640265).jpg|thumb|Trump Parc (highlighting roof detail)]]
The 38-story [[art deco]] Barbizon-Plaza Hotel opened at 106 Central Park South on May 12, 1930<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/BarbizonPlazaHotel.html|title = Barbizon-Plaza Hotel - New York City}}</ref> with 1,400 [[ensuite]] rooms. It was built for $10 million by William H. Silk, owner of the [[Barbizon Hotel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Moonlight tower in N.Y. completed|newspaper=Danville Morning News|date=July 2, 1930|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20164175/moonlight_tower_in_ny_completed/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The architect was Laurence Emmons.<ref name="ago" /> The hotel was designed to appeal to artists and musicians, with facilities including soundproof practice rooms, art studios, and two performance halls.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dream castle is realized by artist|newspaper=Miami News|first=Julia|last=Blanshard|date=July 2, 1930|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20164305/dream_castle_is_realized_by_artist/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It was built as a co-ed companion to the [[Barbizon Hotel for Women]] on East 63rd Street.<ref name="NYC LGBT">{{cite web |title=Barbizon-Plaza Hotel |url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/barbizon-plaza-hotel/ |website=NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> The property was foreclosed on in 1933.<ref name="ago" />
At some point, likely around [[World War II]], the top of the building was altered to its present form with a stylish design. Carter B. Horsley of ''The City Review'' said, "Its only rivals in audacity are the [[Chrysler Building]] and [[General Electric Building|the former RCA/GE tower]]".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thecityreview.com/cps/cps106.html|title=The Midtown Book: Central Park South: Trump Parc: 106 Central Park South |last=Horsley |first=Carter |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref>
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During World War II, two floors of the hotel were reserved for the use of [[Royal Navy]] officers based in or passing through New York City. At this time there was a drug-store on the ground floor of the hotel.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hanson|first=Norman|title=Carrier Pilot|publisher=Macdonald Futura Publishers|year=1980|isbn=0708819516|pages=138}}</ref> New York society ladies served tea to the British officers every afternoon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/94/a2843994.shtml|title=BBC - WW2 People's War - War Brides|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
From the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel hosted multiple events by [[homophile movement]] organizations. These included the [[Mattachine Society]]'s fifth convention on August 30, 1958; the third [[Daughters of Bilitis]] convention on June 20, 1964; and the [[East Coast Homophile Organizations]] conference on September 25-26, 1965.<ref name="NYC LGBT"/>
[[Banque Lambert|Lambert Brussels Real Estate Corp.]] and [[Loeb Rhoades]] purchased the hotel in 1973 for $11 million, and affiliated it with the [[Penta Hotels]] chain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Foreigners rushing to buy large properties in U.S.|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, WA|first=Carter B.|last=Horsley|agency=New York Times|date=September 9, 1973|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19730909&id=UB1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=7238,3224209|via=Google News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chain opens Munich hotel|newspaper=Atlanta Constitution|date=April 28, 1974|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20164672/chain_opens_munich_hotel/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Despite the completion of $2 million of renovations, the hotel earned minimal profits for its new owners.<ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump buys Barbizon-Plaza Hotel|newspaper=New York Daily News|first=Claudia|last=Cohen|date=March 17, 1981|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20164417/donald_trump_buys_barbizonplaza_hotel/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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==Trump Parc East: 100 Central Park South==
[[File:Central park south.jpg|thumb|Trump Parc East (small building in the foreground) with Trump Parc behind]]
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