Terrace Plaza Hotel

The Terrace Plaza Hotel is an 18-story International Style mixed-use building completed in 1948 in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

[1] The building was developed by Cincinnati industrialist John Emery, who also constructed the nearby Carew Tower/Netherland Plaza Hotel mixed-use complex.

SOM founder Louis Skidmore and architect William Brown created the building's initial designs.

Harper's Magazine published “If you want to discover what your grandchildren will think of as elegance of this postwar era, you will have to go to Cincinnati.”[1] In addition to being the first hotel after WWII, it was also the first to have self-operated elevators and individual thermostats in rooms.

[2] Inside, the decor was accented with modern art, including a stunning abstract mural by Joan Miró in the hotel's iconic Gourmet Room rooftop restaurant, another mural showing Cincinnati landmarks by Saul Steinberg and works by Alexander Calder and Jim Davis.

[4] AT&T sold the structure to Oliveye Retail Limited Partnership, a group that included developers Emanuel “Manny” Organek and Marc Blumberg.

In June 2022, it was reported that the structure was being marketed for sale at auction as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

Postcard of the hotel
Gourmet Room with Miro mural