The Pierre’s location, at 61st Street and Fifth Avenue, puts the hotel within walking distance to many of New York most famous landmarks—and once made it the ideal location for Nixon’s temporary headquarters in 1968.
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French fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel poses in her suite at The Pierre during her first visit to New York City in 1931.
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The Brazilian Nights Ball was held in 1958 at The Pierre on Fifth Avenue.
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Pat Lawford, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith, Senator Edward Kennedy, and Rose Kennedy attend a Democratic fundraising dinner at The Pierre in 1969.
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President-elect Richard M. Nixon, who met the college All-Star team in his Pierre suite on Dec. 2, 1968, is presented with an autographed football from O.J. Simpson.
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Ryan O’Neal and his daughter, Tatum, on the 22nd-floor terrace of the hotel in 1973, the year they starred together in Paper Moon.
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The “Grand Salon” of the New York apartment of Australian publishing heiress Lady Fairfax, for sale at $35 million in 1996, is the centerpiece of the 12,000-square-foot space that occupies the top three floors of The Pierre hotel. The extravagant room features 23-foot ceilings, an 18-foot-high fireplace, and a Victorian bird cage with five cockatiels.
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