An iconic building in America we can’t believe were torn down

-      SAVOY PLAZA HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY

The Savoy Plaza Hotel once stood on the coveted intersection of Fifth Avenue and 59th street, overlooking Central Park. Harry S. Black, the owner of the Plaza Hotel, opened the 33-story, 5-star hotel in 1927. With over 1,000 rooms, the Savoy-Plaza (the one with the steeply sloped roof in the middle of the photo) was eventually demolished in 1965 to make way for the new GM headquarters. There was a 50-story significant public outcry over the fate of the iconic hotel. But there was no saving it. T50-story GM Building still stands where the old Savoy-Plaza once did, but it's no longer the company's headquarters.