Pawling was ready, too. The wood-pillared front porch of the 58-year-old Dutcher Hotel was bunting-draped. In the tree-shaded park behind it—which looks like all U.S. village parks from Idaho to ...

We hardly notice a landmark in our midst. At Sixth Street, between Vine and Race streets, stands the Terrace Plaza Hotel, in its day one of the most heralded hotels in the world. Today ...