The Boston Park Plaza & Towers
History
E.M. Statler, the creator of The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, once said that each hotel “should be something of a museum, exposing the traveler, perhaps for the first time, to excellence in art.” Today, The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, which opened on March 10, 1927 as The Statler Hotel, stands as a living monument to Statler’s vision.
Statler chose the hotel's address due to its "location, location, location." The hotel's original site was once beach front property where British troops landed to embark for the Battle of Lexington. The bay was later filled in to form what is now known as Boston's Back Bay.
Today, The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers is located only 200 yards from the nation's first public parks, Boston Common & Public Garden (founded in 1634 & 1837). The Public Garden, famous for its swan boats, was the inspiration for The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers logo.
The hotel was the first to introduce many new and modern hotel conveniences; the most popular being the implementation of guestroom radios. This was a free feature in each room that was so admired; E.M. Statler soon invested over a million dollars to have radios installed in over 7,700 of his guestrooms throughout his hotel empire. Other new and modern hotel conveniences being perfected at The Statler Hotel included: in-room telephones, occupancy indicators (do not disturb sign), complimentary newspaper delivery, mail & laundry chutes on each floor and the "Servidor," a panel in each guestroom door which allowed the valet to deliver laundry without disturbing the guest. WBZA, a Boston radio station, was once broadcasted from the hotel's penthouse.
