Village Plaza Hotel
79 Washington Place | also 79 West Washington Plce | Greenwich Village | built 1915
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1967
Linda Fitzpatrick of the 'Groovy Murders' is found to have lived at the hotel
Linda Fitzpatrick, a Greenwich, Connecticut teenager, is killed in 1967 along with her boyfriend Groovy Hutchinson. A New York Times article names the Village Plaza Hotel as her last home, and her wealthy family had thought it a very nice hotel. The hotel has no doorman, and its lobby signs include "No Refunds" and "No Outgoing Calls for Transients."
Source: Ephemeral New York
- 1972
The New York Times calls the hotel a dumping ground for welfare recipients
A 1972 New York Times article describes the Village Plaza Hotel as a dumping ground for welfare recipients with criminal tendencies. A faded ad for the hotel, advertising that it was air conditioned, was still faintly visible from Sixth Avenue in 2010.
Source: Ephemeral New York
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: Village Plaza Hotel (or Hotel Colborne)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
- Faded ad: The infamous Village Plaza HotelEphemeral New York
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