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"Located on Fifth Avenue and glittering with opulent chandeliers, this renowned Upper East Side hotel is forever tied to Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, where Donald Trump famously appears in the lobby giving Kevin directions. Although the Plaza doesn’t actually have an indoor pool—the pool scene where Kevin loses his dad’s oversized swim trunks was filmed at the Four Seasons Chicago—the decadent ice-cream sundae scene did take place in one of its luxurious suites. Beyond Home Alone 2, the building has appeared in a string of notable films including The Way We Were with Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, Sleepless in Seattle with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, and Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, cementing its status as a true cinematic grand dame." - Adam Turner