58th Street - Sixth Avenue, Entrance to Hotel Barbizon Plaza, NY

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The Barbizon-Plaza Hotel, located on Central Park South between Sixth and Seventh Avenues and extending through to 58th Street, was designed in a Modern Classical style by Laurence Emmons, architect and decorator, who worked with the architectural firms of Lloyd Morgan and Murgatroyd & Ogden. When it formally opened on May 12, 1930, the Barbizon-Plaza was noted as the first music-art residence center in the United States. In addition to 1,400 rooms with baths, the building also contained three separate halls for concerts, musicales, recitals, amateur dance and dramatic offerings. There were many studios for sculptors and artists, exhibition rooms, clubrooms, and a glass-enclosed roof for indoor and outdoor athletics. Art galleries, exhibition salons and a completely equipped library were also included.