Eloise never lived here…

Hotel Plaza (Card Cow image). Poscard text reads: “5th and Cooper Sts. Modern popular priced coffee shop restaurant, Brigantine bar, cocktail lounge, offices, barber shop. 222 rooms in a fireproof building”

The Plaza Hotel (built 1927) in Camden, New Jersey, is no more.

Heavy equipment started work on razing the building on Tuesday, February 25.  The demolition crew anticipates leveling the site in a few weeks.

A local member of the Camden County Historical Society calls the building’s demise another case of demolition by neglect, blaming absentee owners for the loss.

According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “The seven-floor brick hotel in its heyday featured a German dining room and live music in the ballroom. Its proximity to the RCA recording studio made it a common place for visiting musicians to stay.”

Photo by Sabra Smith

Photo by Sabra Smith

Photo by Sabra Smith

Photo by Sabra Smith