Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel (Boston, Massachusetts)

USA / Massachusetts / Somerville / Boston, Massachusetts / St. James Avenue, 138
 hotel, 1912_construction, Beaux-Arts (architecture)
138 St James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 267-5300
www.fairmont.com/copleyplaza/

Historic luxury hotel built in 1912 as a sister hotel to the Plaza in New York. Suffered a severe fire in 1979 in which media tycoon Sumner Redstone was nearly killed. The Copley Plaza is also recognized as an innovator in the hotel industry. The hotel is known for these industry first: the first hotel completely air-conditioned in Boston, the first hotel with an international reservations system, and the first to accept credit cards.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fairmont_Copley_Plaza_Hotel
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Coordinates:   42°20'56"N   71°4'34"W

Comments

  • This place is also a hefty price. With water bottles in your room for $7, you know that it's up there. Fully marble bathrooms, beds made of everything nice, and interior hallway design made to make you cry out of happiness (if you're not used to this kind of thing, at least. I know I wasn't.)
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