Barbizon-Plaza Hotel overlooking Central Park, New York, NY, circa 1965

Subjects: Advertising Hotels & Inns Lakes & Ponds Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Barbizon-Plaza Hotel overlooking Central Park, New York, NY, circa 1965, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The Barbizon-Plaza Hotel rises behind a screen of trees, with a lake and swans in the foreground, seen from Central Park. The hotel stood on Central Park South, part of the line of tall residential hotels and apartment buildings that faced the park by the 1930s. Its park-side setting gave guests a view over the lake and wooded drives, a prospect that set the Barbizon-Plaza apart from hotels deeper in midtown.

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BARBIZON-PLAZA HOTEL OVERLOOKING CENTRAL PARK • NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. --- POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE BARBIZON-PLAZA HOTEL — where gracious, luxurious living is yours in this forty-story, completely modern hotel; 100% air conditioned with newest electronically controlled fresh air, noiseless, cooling system. Located in the very heart of New York — within strolling distance of theatres, Radio City, New York Coliseum, Lincoln Center and Fifth Avenue shops, and with the magnificent expanse of Central Park at your front door.

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Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel, New York, NY
Place depicted	Central Park, New York, NY
Place mentioned	New York, NY
Notes	Linen texture; printed caption bands at top and bottom; no white border. No postmark, stamp, address or message — card is unused. Divided-back linen-era advertising card for the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel, New York; printed ad copy on the message half, "PLACE STAMP HERE" box at top right. Light soiling and a small crease at the top edge; dealer pencil marks "#59 / 1-" at lower right.

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Barbizon-Plaza Hotel overlooking Central Park, New York, NY, circa 1965, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/barbizon-plaza-hotel-overlooking-central-park-new-york-ny-ci. Accessed November 2, 2026.